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 Art. I. Fourth Letter on the Glacier Theory to Profes- 

 sor Jameson. By Professor Foriies, . 1 

 II. On the Salt Steppe south of Orenburg-, and on 

 a remarkable Freezing Cavern. By Rode- 

 rick Impet Murchisox, Esq. Pres. G. S. . 10 

 III. Extracts from a Letter addressed by Sir J. 

 Herschel, Bart., F.G.S.. to Mr Murchison, ex- 

 planatory of the Phenomena of the Freezing- 

 Cave of lUetzkay a Zatchita. . .14 

 IV. On some Phenomena observed on Glaciers, and 

 on the internal Temperature of large masses 

 of Ice or Snow, with some remarks on the na- 

 tural Ice-caves which occur below the limit 

 of perpetual .snow. By Sir .Iohn Herschel, 

 Bart., F.G.S., &c. . . . .17 



V. Analysis of Caporcianite and Phakolite, two new 

 Minerals of the Zeolite Family. By Thomas 

 Anderson, M.D. . . . .21 



VI. M. Doyere's Experiments on the Revivification 

 of animals of the types Tardigrada and Ro- 

 tifera, . . . . .25 



VII. On the light of the Lampyris Italica. By M. 



W. Peters, . . . . .30 



VIII. On Coral Islands and Reefs, as described hy 

 Mr Darwin. By Charles Maclaren, Esq. 

 F.R.S.E. Communicated by the Author, . .33 

 IX. Remarks on the preceding- pai;)er, in a Letter 

 from Charles Darwin, Esq., to Mr Macla- 

 ren, . . . . . .47 



X. Description of an improved Tilting Apparatus 

 for emptying Waggons at the Termini of Rail- 

 ways, Shipping-Places, &c., as used at the 

 Magheramorne Lime-Works, Ireland. With 

 a Plate. By James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., 

 M.R.I.A., F.R.S.S.A., Civil Engineer, Glas- 

 gow. Commimicated by the Royal Scottish 

 Society of Arts, . . . .50 



XI. Description of the Elaps Jamesoni, a New Spe- 

 cies of Serpent from Demerara. By Thomas 



