ii CONTENTS. 



Art. V. On the Acidification of Iodine by means of Nitric 

 Acid. By Arthur Connell, Esq. A. M. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - - 72 



VI. Observations on the Glaciers of the Alps. By Mr 

 F. J. HuGi, Professor at Soleure. (Concluded 

 from p. 341. of preceding Volume), - 74 



VII. On the Geology of the Secondary Formations of the 

 Meywar District. By James Hardy, Esq. Re- 

 sidency ^Surgeon, Oudeypore Meywar, Member of 

 the Asiatic Society, of the Medical and Physical 

 Society of Calcutta, &c. In a Letter to Professor 

 Jameson, - - - - - S2 



VIII. Biography of the late Dugald Carmichael, Esq. 

 Captain 72d Regiment, Fellow of the Linnean 

 Society, ----- 90 



IX. Hunting the Cougar or American Lion ; and Deer 

 Hunting. By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. 

 L. & E., M. W. S., &c. - - - 103 



X. Account of a Human Body, in a singular Costume, 

 found in a high state of preservation in a Bog on 

 the Lands of Gallagh, in the County of Galway. 

 By George Petrie, Esq. - - - II6 



XI. On the present Erroneous and Expensive Systems 

 of Life Assurance. By Mr W. Eraser, Edin- 

 burgh, ----- 118 



XII. Improvements in the Navigation of the Mississippi. 



By J. J. Audubon, Esq. F. R. SS. L. & E. &c. 128 



XIII. Thermometer and Barometer Tables, - 133 



XIV. The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of In- 



dia, 142 



XV. Account of the Arbusculites argentea, from the Car- 



boniferous Limestone of Innerteil, near to Kirk- 

 caldy, in Fifeshire. By P. Murray, M. D. of 

 Scarborough. Communicated by the Author, 147 



XVI. Table of the State of the Weather in the Isle of 



Man, commencing Jarmary 1. and ending 31st 

 December 1830. By Colonel Stewart. Com- 

 municated by Principal Baird, - - 150 



