INDEX. 



Page. 



Abbott, Dr. R. V., Table of Rain by 245,247 



Aberdeen 212,213 



Abiquiu 85,276 



Abispah river 83,85 



Aboriginal remains, attention directed to 11 



Abo, Ruins of 300 



Abraniis versicolor 341 



Absorption, Level of 226 



Absorption, Magendie's Experiments on 129 



Abstinence of Camel 109 



Acacia 118 



Academy of Natural Sciences 35,42 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Cal., Magnetic Instruments for 16 



Academy of Sciences at Paris, Memoir on Poisons 126 



Acanthocottus virginianus {common Sculpin) 328 



Achievements of Man 98 



Achirus mollis (J^''eio York sole) 350 



Achromatic Microscope, Description of. 26 



Ackley, Dr 38 



^cquia Madre 277 



Adams, J. Quincy, Language of, respecting Will of Smithson 7 



Adams, Professor C. B » 94 



Adaptation of Camel to climate and soil of the United States 116 



Additions to the Library during 1854 24 



Additions to Library by Exchange 20 



Addresses of Congress to Canada 173 



Addresses of packages 32,33 



Addresses to Canada, printed in French 174 



Admission of packages for Smithsonian Institution duty free 21 



Advance, Brig , 92 



Advantages of Camels in security against stampedes 121 



Advantages of Fire-Alarm Telegraph 153 



Advantage of greater range of vision on the Camel than the Horse 121 



Advantages of introducing the Camel in America 116 



Advantages of the Camel for Military Purposes 120 



Aeronaut, Safety of, in Thunder Storm 224 



Africa 38,45 



Africa, Exploration of 92 



Africa, Whirlwinds i 187 



Agassiz, Prof 42 



Agassiz, Prof , Species of Fish described by 342 



Age attained by the Camel 113 



Agents for distributing Volumes 36 



