eUNTJi^'TS. 



XIV. On the Snow-Line in the Himalaya. By Lieutenant 

 E/. Strachey, Engineers. Communicated by 

 order of" the Honourable the Lieutenant-Grovernor, 

 North- Western Provinces of India, . . 324 



XV^. On Comparative Physical Geography, . . . 35U 



The Continents of the North considered as the theatre 

 of History ; Asia-Europe ; contrast of the North and 

 South ; its influence in history ; conflict of the bar- 

 barous nations of the North with the civilized nations 

 of the South ; contrast of the East and West ; Eastern 

 Asia a continent by itself, and complete ; its nature ; 

 the Mongolian Race belongs peculiarly to it ; cha- 

 racter of its civilization ; superiority of the Hindoo 

 civilization ; reason why these Nations have remained 

 stationary ; Western Asia and Europe ; the country 

 of the truly historical races ; Western Asia, physical 

 description; its historical character; Europe the 

 best organized for the development of man and of 

 societies ; America — future to which it is destined by 

 its physical nature, ..... 352 



XVI. On the Aconitum ferox (Wall.), which has recently 

 flowered in the Garden of the Edinburgh Horti- 

 cultural Society. By J. H. Balfour, M.D., 

 F.L.S., Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Edinburgh. (With a Plate.) Communicated by 

 the Author, ...... 366 



XVIT. Scientific Intelligence 



MKTF.onOLOGY AND HYDROLOOV. 



. Fire-Ball at Bombay. 2. Great mass of Atmospheric 

 Ice. 3. Report on the Air and Water of Towns. 

 4. On the Dilatation of Ice by Increase of Tempera- 

 ture. 5. The buoyancy of the Water of the Dead 

 Sea. 6. Currents in the Gut of Gibraltar, . 370-374 



