CONTENTS. Ill 



Pag'e 

 F.R.S.E., M.W.S., &c. Communicate.d by the 

 Author, ..... 341 



XV. Researches on the Comparative Anatomy of the 



Chimpanzee. By M. Vrolik, . . 347 



XVI. On the Rein-Deer of the Laplanders. Ey Gustav 

 Peter Blom, Member of the Royal Academy of 

 Science-s at Drontheim, »&:c., . . . 352 



XVII. I. Connection of the Physiog'nomy of a Country, 



with the Character of its Inhabitants, &c., . 359 



I. Belgium, ..... 359 



II. Holland, . . . -361 



III. A Midnight Scene on the Ocean, . . 362 



IV. A Scene in Norwa}', .... 363 

 XVIII. Meteorological Tables for the Years 1842-1843, 364-373 



XIX. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 



Continued from last Number, p. 176, 374 



On the Growth of the Salmon. By Mr Andrew 

 Yo0NG, ...... 37,5 



On the Geology of Koxburghshire. By David 



Milne, Esq., . . -376 



On the Property of Transmitting Light, possessed 

 by Charcoal and Plumbago, in fine plates and par- 

 ticles. By John Davy, M.D., &c. . . 378 



XX. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 



Society. Continued from last Number, p. 177, 379 



XXI. Scientific Intelligence- 



meteorology. 



1. Variation of Temperature during the Russian 



Expedition to Khiva, . . . 380 



2. On the Movement and Structure of the Mer de 



Glace of Chamouni, . . . . 380 



3. Climate of Malta, .... 382 



4. Ignis Fatuus (Will-with-a-Wisp, Jack-\vith-a- 



Lantern, Spunkie) observed neai- Bolgona, 383 

 geology. 



6. Geological Chronometer, . . . 385 



6. Gold Mines in Ireland, .... 386 



MINERALOGY. 



7. Large mass of Native Gold found in the Oural 



Mountains, ..... 386 



8. Fahlerz containing Mercury, from Hungaiy, . 388 



