CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Art. I. Historical Eloge of the late Sir Joseph Banks^ Ba- 

 ronet, President of the Royal Society. By Baron 

 CuviER, - - - - 1 



II. Remarks and Experiments relating to Hygrometers 

 and Evaporation. By Mr Henry Meikle. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - 22 



III. On Coloured Shadows. By Messrs Zchokke and 



TRESCHELyMmor, - - - - 32 



IV. Notice regarding the Little Andaman Island in the 



Bay of Bengal. Communicated by Cornet J. E. 

 Alexander, H. M. 1 3th Light Dragoons. With a 

 Plate, - - - - . 43 



V. Some particulars relative to the Tides in the upper 

 part of the River Thames, and of the obstructions 

 caused by the present London Bridge. By P. Bar- 

 low, F. R. S. Mem. Imp. Acad. Petrop., &c. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - 49 

 VI. On the Affinities of the Empetreae, a natural Group of 

 Plants. By Mr David Don, Libr. L. S. &c. Com- 

 municated by the Author, _ - 59 

 VII. Establishment of Vegetation at the Surface of the 



Globe, 64 



VIII. Observations made during a Visit to Madeira, and a 

 residence in the Canary Islands. By Baron Leo- 

 pold Von Buch. (Continued from former Volume, 



p. 380.), 73 



IX. Observations on the Arctic Sea and Ice, and the in- 

 tended Expedition of Captain Parry to the North 

 Pole. By Thomas Latta, M. D. Communicated 

 by the Author, - - - - 86 



