IV CONTENTS. 



tures and probable Mode of Formation of the 

 Older Mountain Rocks. 7. Do Fossil Or- 

 ganic Remains of Living Animal Species 

 occur in any of the Primitive, Transition, and 

 Secondary, and Tertiary Classes of Rocks ? 

 8. Diluvium and Alluvium. 9. Geology of 

 Abyssinia. 10. Limestone of Corfu and Vido. 

 11. Greology of Malta and Gozo. 12. Rocks of 

 Tangier. 13. Eruption of Vesuvius of 1843, 404 



MINERALOGY. 



14. Colouring Matter of Flint, Carnelian, and Ame- 

 thyst. 15. Composition of Calc-chrome Gar- 

 net or Uwarow^ite. 16. Beaumontite and Lin- 

 colnite, identical with Heulandite. 17. Zeo- 

 lites. 18. Periclase, a new mineral. 19. Piau- 

 zite, a Mineral Resin. . , . . . 408 



ZOOLOGY. 



20. Early History of Guano. 21. On the Hyaena, 409 



Art. XXV. List of Patents for Inventions granted for 

 Scotland from 23d June to 21st Septem- 

 ber 1844, inclusive, . . . 411 



