CONTENTS. 



MINERALOGY. 



PAGE 



3. Copper of the Lake Superior Region (from a recent 

 letter by C. T. Jackson). 4. Native Silver in Nor- 

 way. .5. The Arkansite, .... 192 



GEOLOGY. 



6. Movement of Hent in Terrestrial Strata of different 

 Geological Natures. By jVI. Dove, . . 193 



7. The Dodo arranged with the Grallae. 8. The Fossil 

 Rhinoceros of Siberia and the Mammoth Natives of 

 the countries where their Fossil Remains are found. 

 9. What becomes of the Skeletons of Wild Animals 

 after death? 10. Miraculous Blood Spots on Human 

 Food. 11. The Oyster. 12. Process of preparing 

 the Spawning Beds by Fishes, . . 194-196 



13. The Distribution of Flowers in a Garden. 14. The 

 Nutmeg Tree (Myrislica officinalis). 15. Clovos of 

 Amboyna, 197-199 



XXV. New Publications, 199 



XXVI, Li.st of Patents granted for Scotland from 22d March 



to 22d June 1849. .... 201 



