CONTENTS 
OF 
THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 
N°. XXVIII. 
ART. PAGE 
I. On the Climate of South Africa. By H. T. CoLesrooke, Esq. 
PS et We Bi SGM ye te OEM Tel yersietep ee BAL 
II. Letters relating to Mr. Champollion’s Discoveries in Egyptian 
Literature.—LetterI. To Witt1Am Hamitton, Esq. F.R.S., 
H. M. Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples . . 255 
Letter Il. To Witt1aAm Joun Bankes, Esq. . « - « 258 
If. On Certain Elevations of Land, connected with the Actions of 
Volcanoes. By J. Mac Cutnocu, M.D., F.R.S. . . . . 262 
IV. On the Morbid Influence of the Spinal Nerves; in a Letter 
from R. P. Player, Esq., tothe Editor. . . . . . . . 296 
V. Lamarck's Genera of Shells, (with plates), continued . . . 298 
VI. Extracts from the Meteorological Journal of Signor Gemmel- 
loro, of. Catania, mi Sicily. yin worst sy oct’ cla led Ver ot 21822 
VII. On the Advantages of the Curvilinear Form introduced by 
Sir Robert Seppings, in the Construction of the Sterns of 
British Ships of War. By Joun Know es, Esq., F.R.S. . 325 
VIIL. Observations on Atmospheric Electricity, made on Vesu-_ 
vius in June and July 1819. By F,Ronauns, Esq. . . . 333 
IX. On an improved Method of constructing the Dead Escape- 
ment for Clocks. By B. L. Vuturamy, PH Kckaw lathe Bok 
X. Observations on the Effects produced by Bile, in the process of 
Digestion, in a Letter to the Editor. By B. C. Broptr, Esq., 
F.R.S., Professor of genes and eis to the Royal Col- 
lege of Surgeons . . . ee bay ee keetheee eee 
