CONTENTS. 



No. Vage. 



XXVII. Supplement to the Account of the Dipus America* 

 nits, in the IV Vol. of the Transactions of t/ie Society, 



No. XII. By Dr. Barton. 143 



XXVIII. Hints on the Etymology of certain English Words, 

 and on their Affinity to Words in the Languages of different 

 European, Asiatic, and American (Indian) Nations; in a 

 Letter from Dr. Barton to Dr. Thomas Beddoes. 145 



XXIX. Astronomical Observations, made by Jose Joaquin 

 de Ferrer, chiefly for the Purpose of determining the geo- 

 graphical Position of various Places in the United States, and 

 other Parts of North America. Communicated by the Au- 

 thor. 158 



XXX. Description of the River Mississippi and its Delta, 

 tvith that of the adjacent Parts of Louisiana; by William 

 Dunbar Esq. of the Natchez. Communicated by the Au- 

 thor, through the President of the Society, 165 



XXXI. Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the Years 

 1801, 1802, and 1803, made at the Natchez; by Wil- 

 liam Dunbar Esq. 188 



Proceedings of the Society on the death of their late eminent 

 Associate, Joseph Priestley, L, h. D. F. R. S. 190 



