x CONTENTS. 
Rey. Epwarp Hincxs on the Forms of the Personal Pronouns of the Two 
First Persons in the Indian, European, Syro-Arabic, and Egyptian Lan- 
QUALES ceseseseveneens SURENASE LATS NewWe ble ee ees sdatececetbedeeWWn austria setabesae ie Phd 
Rey. A. Hume on the Origin, Charactéristics, and Dialect of the People in 
the Counties of Down and Antrim........... Vesvuct vest. oetb.tawetes vedgecudsasteuse 
Professor MacDovaut’s Heads of a Paper “On the present state of Medo- 
Persie Philology ” -ssseccsescseeensereeeeenesenersves piss avegnoneeeecotereese sovessdeas 
GEOGRAPHY. 
Capt. W. AuLen’s Attempt to account for numerous appearances of sud- 
den and violent drainage seen on the sides of the basin of the Dead Sea... 
on a Proposed New Line for a Ship Canal to the East Indie 

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through the Dead Sea ......... Redctr cece teeteecs cetiteers cascseecerehens ateekeseests 
on the Antiquities of the Island Ruad, the Ancient Aradus, 
and on the ancient Harbour of Seleucia in Pieria «...+......0++ bescccdscctsaoes 
Mr. W. F. Ainsworru on a Railroad through Asia Minor ......... sdausshedrarets 
My. Witi1am BouuaAERtT on the Distribution of Common Salt, and other Saline 
Bodies, with a view to show their Primary Origin and subsequent Forma- 
ARTIS 3260550 coends LeeebdaueeadehaseencecesecaveoryesshUecdudkcesaessl avis ocdescavtatepar ius 
CoLoneL CuEsNney’s Observations on the Euphrates Line of Communication 
writihy TinGig ‘aif .csttedcnrcvdacsteccaseegenes siosesoubenae ee Hane qv0ess bdsoade sadushaynie 
Mr. F. Gauron’s Expedition to the East of Walfisch Bay «........++++ seesseasaus 
Dr. J. Gason’s Climatological Notes on Pisa and Lucca......... sveudivestt¥ iieens 
Messrs. LioneL GisBorNE and Forp#’s Recent Survey for a Ship Canal 
through the Isthmus of Central America .......66 sseeseees Bt ek: are 
On a Recent Journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Angola, as communicated 
from Her Majesty’s Foreign Office to the Royal Geographical Society...... 
Rev. Dr. HIncks on certain Ancient Mimes ..........ccseseseseeeceeeesseretesecenes 
Messrs. Livineston and OsweE.v’s latest Explorations in South Africa to 
the North of Lake N’gami.ss..s.ssccsecssessscneeeeeceseeneeeseseees edidaetbncdinnena 
On the Expedition to the Interior of Central Australia in search of Dr. Leichardt 
Lieut. L. Macieop on the Proposed Expedition to ascend the Niger to its 
SSOUICE sssvscsiesisctcdeerccctetstecsacnces Wisteidid ats Pe Oe iavabb eves be swe 
M.A. PrrerMANn’s Notes on the Distribution of Animal Life in the Arctic 
ReQiONS .ssescsssvescnecnssesesseeseers abwads ti Levees een eDeassosesecassevansasasssnenons 
Commercial Documents relating to the Eastern Horn of Africa ...... stdewsaseees 
Lieut.-Colonel Syxxs’s Notes on the Possessions of the Imaum of Muscat, and 
on the Climate of Zanzibar, with Observations on the Prospects of African 
DISCOVEFY...0..00s0.ccsccescersovcesccessassenccssacnsacesoneaarsecens Sataceuecssahoeaes An 
Capt. Synce on the most Rapid Communication with India vid British North 
AMEYICA ...seeeeeeesee ene wea Saencssccsarcescsvanscstaseecossccrccces daessoctvscescrnvass 
Chevalier Van DE VELDz’s late Explorations in Syria and Palestine ..... ane 
@ousul \VANDEY on the Upper Nile.....0.....csccscassssoscesaneasvescens 3oatsRnaaeeae 
STATISTICS. 
Professor ALISON on the Present State of the Law of Settlement and the 
Removal of Paupers in Scotland .........004 asdtare danetenatetae dadiveekuseyn? 
Rey. Joun Epcar on the Neglected and Perishing Classes, and the Means of 
their Reformation OeRES SEES eee eee eeEES I SeeeREEESE EE be eereneersaer Creeenovecre 
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