V CONTENTS. 



Leech, 29. Notice of two new species of British Sponges. 

 SO. South African Museum, (1st Series). 31. Ditto (2d 

 Series). S2. Narcotic Spider. 33. Power of the Sto- 

 mach of Birds. 34. Vulture shot in Somersetshire. 35. 

 Gigantic Orang Outang, - - - 201-207 



BOTANY. 



56. Irish Furze, Broom, and Yew, - - 207 



ARTS. 



57. Easy mode of Cutting Glass, - - - ib. 



Art. XXIII. New Publications. 



1. Mathematics practically applied to the Useful and Fine 



Arts ; by Baron Charles Dupin, Member of the Insti- 

 tute, of the Academy of Sciences, &c, &c. Adapted 

 to the State of the Arts in England; by George 

 BiRKBECK, Esq. M. D. President of the London Me- 

 chanics' Institution, - - - 208 



2. ^udubon's great Work on the Birds of the United States 



of America, _ _ - _ 210 



3. The Aberdeen, Leith and London Tide Tables for the 



year 1827; by George Innes, Astronomical Calcula- 

 tor, Aberdeen, - - - - 211 



XXIV. List of Patents granted in England from 18th 



September to 18th November 1826, - 211 



XXV. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 9th 



September to 8th November 1826, - 212 



