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MISCELLATSEOUS. 



9. Egyptiim Bronze, .... 388 



10. On the Production of the Guano of Commerce, 389 



11. Visit of Columbus to Iceland, in 1477, and his 

 Conversations there with learned men, . 391 



12. Ethnological Society, .... 392 

 XXII. The Great Comet, • . . .393 



XXIII. New Publications, . . • .394 



XXIV. List of Patents for Inventions^ granted for Scot- 



land from 23d December 1842 to 22d March 

 1843, inclusive, .... 397 



XXV. Index, ...... 401 



