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INDEX. 



A die, Mr, his meteorological table, 403. 



Agassiz, M., on the erratic blocks of the Jura, 176 — upon glaciers. 



moraines, and erratic blocks, 364. 

 Alga?, on the, which communicated a red colour to the waters of 



some salt marshes, 182. 

 Allan, Mr, his meteorological table, 403. 

 Arts, useful, proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of 



the, for Scotland, 210. 

 Aurora borealis, remarks on the, 222. 



Bacillarise, Ehrenberg's discovery of stomachs in the, 282. 



Baer, K. E. Von, on two examples of transported blocks on the 

 south coast of Finland, 439. 



Basalt and lava, analysis of, 22= 



Beaches, notice of raised, at Coquimbo, 440. 



Bell, Thomas, Esq., notice of his work on British Quadrupeds, in- 

 cluding the Cetacea, 233. 



Bischof, Professor G., on the cause of the temperature of hot and 

 thermal springs, &c., 132, 232. 



Blocks, on the erratic, of the Jura, 176. 



on two examples of transported, on the south coast of Fin- 

 land, 438. 



Blood, on the gases contained in the, &c., 431. 



Bones, fossil, remarks on the, of Lansan, 223. 



Botanical alliances, an attempt to ascertain characters of the, 408. 



Society, proceedings of the, of Edinburgh, 428. 



Boue, Dr A., his remarks on the scenery, antiquities, population, 

 &c. of Turkey, 121, 237. 



Boussingault, M., on the effect which the clearing of land has in 

 diminishing the quantity of water in the streams of a district, 

 85. 



Bromhead, Sir E. F., his attempt to ascertain characters of the bo- 

 tanical alliances, 40S. 



Carex ceporina, Linn., discovery of the, near the summit of Loch- 



na-Gar, 230. . 

 (^^arpenter, W. B. Esq., on the difference of tlie laws regulating 



vital and physical phenomena, 327. 



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