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CONTENTS. 



XXVI. Abstract of Meteorological Observations for 1840, 



made at Applegarth-Manse, Dumfriesshire. By 

 the Rev. W. Dunbar, D. D., ... 424 



XXVII. Results of a Meteorological Journal, kept at Har- 



raby, near Carlisle, for the year 1840. By Joseph 

 Atkinson, Esq., 426 



XXVIII. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 

 have lately Flowered in the Neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic 

 Garden. By Dr Graham, Professor of Botany, 426 



XXIX. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 430 



XXX. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 



Society. Continued from p. 215, . . 439 



XXXI. Scientific Intelligence, . 



1. Dr Buckland on the Agency of Animalcules in the for- 



mation of Limestone, 



2. Kilbrickenite, .... 



3. On the Composition of Pyrope, 



4. Fossil Dugongs, 



5. The Migrations and Manners of Lemmings, 



6. Whale Fishing in the Northern Seas, 



7. British Association, . 



8. Congres Scientifique de France, 



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441 



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452 



Notices of New Publications, 



Lectures on Agriculture. By Dr Daubeny. 



XXXIII. List of Patents granted from 22d December 1840 



to 19th March 1841, 452 



ERRATA IN LAST NUMBER. 



In Professor Agassiz' paper, at p. 83, for Phacolepis, read Rhacolepis in four instances. 



In Professor Bi6chof 's paper, at p. 147, line 11 from bottom, for like water, read ftme-ivater. 



