CONTENTS. 



5. Sabn Fario or Common Trout, - - 51 



6. Salmo ferox, - - - 55 



7. Salmo salmulus or Parr, - - 56 



8. Salmo alpiiius or Char, - - - 58 



VI. Memoir on the Inquiry, Wliether any Terrestrial 

 Animals have ceased to exist since Man's creation; 

 and whether Man was cotemporaneous with Spe- 

 cies which are now lost, or which at least do not 

 appear to have representatives now upon our 

 globe. By M. Marcel de Serres. (Concluded 

 from vol. xvii. p. 285), - - 59 



III. On the different Animals and Vegetables which 

 are represented upon the Mosaic on the Pavement 

 of the Temple of Fortune of Palestrine. 



I. Terrestrial Mammalia— \. Quadrumana ; 2. Fe- 

 rse ; 3. Pachyderma ; 4. Solidungula ; 5. Ru- 

 minantia. II. Birds — 1. GalUnte ; 2. Grallae ; 

 3. Palmipedes. III. Reptiles — 1. Chelonia; 

 2. Sauria ; 3. Ophidia — Recapitulation. 



VII. On the History of Fossil Vegetables. By M. Alfh. 



De Candolle, - - - 81 



1. Historical Introduction, - - 81 



2. On the best Mode of Ascertaining, Naming, and 



Classifying Fossil Vegetables, - - 83 



3. An Abridged History of the Vegetable Kingdom, at 



different Epochs, and Geological Periods, - 86 



4. Respecting the Alliances among the Vegetables of 



the different Regions at each Epoch, - 92 



5. On the Connection between the Vegetables of the 



several Epochs and the successive Periods, - 95 



6. On some Consequences which result from the Study 



of Fossil Vegetables, - - .99 



VIII. On the Quantity of Solid Matter suspended in the 

 "Water of the Rhine. By Leonard Horner, Esq. 

 F. R. S. L. & E., and F. G. S. Communicated by 

 the Author, - - . 102 



IX. Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, 16th-18th of 

 9th Month (September 1834). By Martin Bar- 

 ry, M. D. With two Plates. Communicated by 

 the Author, . . . jqq 



