iv CONTENTS. 



Page 



ZOOLOGY. 



19. European Beaver. 20. Original of the Cat and Dog. 21. 

 On the Prickle wliich exists in the Tail of the Lion. 22. 

 Insufflation of Animals. 23. Pigeon continued to live 

 two days without Brain and upper part of Spinal Mar- 

 row. 24. The Sprat not the young of the Herring and 

 Pilchard. 25. White Bait not the young of the Shad. 

 26. On Squalus maximus. 27. On Killing Molluscous 

 Animals. 28. Terrestrial Shell Animals may be carried 

 alive great distances. 29- Formation of the Shell of the 

 Cypraea. 30. On the Tape-worms found in Water. 31. 

 Comparative Analysis of the Bones of the different 

 Classes of Animals, . - _ 369-375 



32. Rice Paper. 33. Method of Preserving Funguses. 34. 

 Germination. 35. Notice by Mr R. Spittal of a speci- 

 men of Bovista gigantea, remarkable for its great size- 

 36. The Dahlia. 37- Caprification, - 375-8 



STATISTICS. 



38. Influence of Indigence on the Mortality of Men in the dif- 

 ferent Countries of Europe from the commencement of 

 the Nineteenth Century. 39. On the Distribution by 

 Months of Conceptions and Births, in its relations to 

 Seasons, Climates, &c. 40 . Berlin Geographical Socie- 

 ty, - - - - 378-383 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



I. Elements of Veterinary Pathology, and Theoretical and 

 Practical View of the Medical and Surgical Treatment 

 of the principal Domestic Animals, - - 384 



II. The Journal of a Naturalist. Second Edition, 8vo. 181 9> ib. 

 III. An Encyclopaedia of Plants; comprising the Description, 

 Specific Character, Culture, History, Application to the 

 Arts, &c. &c. Edited by J. C. Loudon, F. L. S. H. S. &c. 386 



Art. XXXI. List of Patents granted in England from 30th 



March to 19th June 1829, - - 390 



XXXII. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 1st 



July to 7th September 1829, - 392 



