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Arr, I. On the Original Population of America, and the 
modes of access from the Old to the New Con- 
tinent, with Preliminary Observations on the 
recently published Travels in North America, 
of Prince Maximilian of Wied. By Lieut.- 
Colonel Cuartes Hamitton Smiru. Commu- 
nicated by the Author, : . 1 
IL. On the Biluchi Tribes inhabiting Sindh, in the 
Lower Valley of the Indus and Cutchi. By 
Captain T. Postans. Communicated by the 
Ethnological Society. Concluded from Vol. 
xxxvii. p. 402, : 20 
III. On the Mismanagement of Stable-Dung Ree 
especially as regards exposure to Rain. Ry 
Joun Davy, M.D., F.R.S. Lond. and Edin. 
Communicated by the Author, . d 38 
IV. On the Occurrence of Mannite in the Laminaria 
saccharina and other Sea-weeds ; also in Mush- 
rooms, : 41 
V. On the Mammalia of the bse of pa pevaden. 
Banff, and Kincardine. By Witi1am Mac- 
Gitirvray, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Natural 
History in Marischal College and University, 
Aberdeen. Communicated by the Author. 
Concluded from Vol. xxxvii., p. 392, : 43 
VI. On the Phenomena of Evaporation, the Forma- 
tion, and Suspension of Clouds, &. By G. A. 
Rowe.i, Esq. of Oxford. Communicated by 
the Author, . . : : 50 
