ii CONTENTS. 



Art. X. On the supposed Petrifying Quality of the Irawadi. 

 By Professor Buckland. In a Letter to the Edi- 

 tor, ----- 67 

 XI. Description of a New kind of Galvanic Pile, and also 

 of another Galvanic apparatus in the form of a 

 Trough. By Mr Kemp. With Plates. Commu- 

 nicated by the Author, _ - - 70 

 XII. Experiments on the Velocity of the Circulatory Mo-' 

 tion of the Blood, and on the quickness with which 

 the secretions are performed. By E. Hering, Pro- 

 fessor at the Veterinary School of Stuttgard, 78 



XIII. Account of the Taenia found in the Intestines of the 



Common Grouse (Tetrao scoticus). By John 

 ScouLAR, Esq. Communicated by the Author, 81 



XIV. On a Method of so far increasing the Divergency of 



the two Rays in Calcareous-spar, that only one 

 Image may be seen at a time. By William Ni- 

 coL, Esq. Lecturer on Natural Philosophy.. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - - 83 

 XV. Theory of Compression applied to discover the In- 

 ternal Constitution of our Earth. By Professor 

 Leslie. Communicated by the Author, - 84 



XVI. On the Deror of the Hebrew Scriptures, translated 

 Swallow in the English Bible. By David Scot, 

 M. D. M.W.S. Communicated by the Author, 89 



XVII. Description of a Syphon Lamp ; with Figures. By 

 Laurence Davidson, Esq. Surgeon, Dundee. 

 Communicated by the Author, - - 96 



XVIII. Sketches of the Meteorology, Geology, Agriculture, 

 Botany, and Zoology, of the Southern Mahratta 

 Country. By Alexander Turnbull Christie, 

 M. D. Member of the Wernerian Society. With a 

 Plate. (Continued from p. 304. of preceding Vo- 

 lume), ----- 98 



XIX. Barometric Measurement of the Height of Ben-Lo- 

 mond j and on the Quantity of Water annually 

 discharged by the River Leven, from the Basin 

 of Loch-Lomond. By Mr William Galbraith, 

 A.m. Communicated by the Author, - 121 



XX. Miscellaneous Chemical Observations. By John 

 Davy, M. D. F. R. S. Physician to the Forces. 

 Communicated by Sir James Macgrigor, Direc- 

 tor-General of the Army Medical Department, 128 



