li CONTENTS. 



Art. IX. Extract of a Letter from Dr Turnbull Christie 

 to Professor Jameson regarding the Bone Caves 

 of Palermo, &c. - - - 282 



X. On the Magnetic Properties of the Rock on the 

 Summit of Arthur's Seat. By JMr William Gal- 

 BRAiTHj M. A. Communicated by the Author. 

 Plate III. Fig 3. - - - 285 



XI. On the Proximate Causes of certain Winds and 

 Storms. By Professor E. Mitchell, University 

 of North Carolina. (Continued from p. 1 79-) 288 



XII. On Artesian Wells, and the employment of the 

 Warm Water brought up from a depth for eco- 

 nomical purposes, _ _ - 296 

 XIII. 1. Chemical Analysis of Metallic Works of Art 

 found in old graves and ancient fields of battle. 

 — 2. On Change of Arragonite into Calcareous 

 Spar. — 3. Chemical Examination of the Par?ne- 

 tin esculenta, a substance said to have been rained 

 from the Sky in Persia. — 4. Chemical Analysis 

 of Oil of Roses, _ . - 300 



XIV. On the Utility of fixing Lightning Conductors 

 in Ships. By W. S. Harris, Esq. Member of 

 the Plymouth Institution. (Continued from 

 p. 167.), - . - _ 304. 



XV. On the Measurement of the Height of Carnethy, 

 one of the Pentland Range of Hills, in the vici- 

 nity of Edinburgh, and of the Peak of Teneriffe. 

 By Mr William Galbraith, M. A. - 316 



XVI. An Account of the Tidal and other Zones observed 

 on the surface of the Limestone Rocks on the 

 Shores of Greece. By Staff-Captain Poillon- 

 Boblave. With a Plate. (PI. V.), - 53S 



XVII, Tables of the Population and of the Stock of Cattle, 



Sheep, &c. of Suderoe and Wagbe, two of the 

 Faroe Islands, in the year 1821. Communicated 

 by W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. M. G. S., IM. W. S., 

 &c. - - - - - 349 



XVIII. Notice (if New Bone Caves discovered at Sal- 



leles-Cabardes, in the Department of Aude, in 

 France, shewing that Man was probably con- 

 temporaneous with the extinct Mammalia found 

 in them ? .... 35O 



