CONTENTS, 



Vlf 



VII. Obfervations on the Places of the Georgium Planet, rhade . 



at Edinburgh with an Equatoreal Itijirument. By 

 Mr John Robifon, - 37- 



VIII. Jnfwers to the Objections of M. de Luc, with Regard 



to the Theory of Rain. By Dr James Hutton, 39- 



IX. Account of a Dijlemper, by the common People in England 



vulgarly called the Murals. 5j Dr Robert Hamilton, 59. 



X. A Botanical and Medical Account of the ^lajfta Simaruba, 



or Tree which produces the Co?-tex Simaruba. By 

 Dr William Wright, - 73- 



XI. On the Motion of Light, as affe6ied by refraEting and re- 



fleRing Subjlances, which are alfo in Motion. By 

 Mr John Robifon, - 83. 



XII. Demonjlrations of Jome of Dr Matthew Stewart's Gene- 



ral Theorems. By the Reverend Dr Robert Small, 112. 



XIII. Remarks on the AJronomy of the Brahmins. 5j Mr John 



Playfair, - - ^iS- 



XIV. On the Refolution of Indeterminate Problems. By Mr 



JohnLeQie, - - ^9i' 



XV. A Dijfertation on the Climate of Rujia. By Dr Mat- 

 thew Guthrie : With two Letters from M. iEpinus, 213. 



II. 



Papers of the Literary Class. 



I. An Account of fome extraordinary StruElures on the Tops 



of Hills in the Highlands s with Remarks on the Pro- 

 grefs of the Arts among the ancient inhabitants of Scot- 

 land. By Mr Alexander Frafer Tytler, 3. 



II, Remarks on fome Pajfages of the fixth Book of the Eneid. 



By Dr James Beattie, - iZ' 



III. An 



