CONTENTS. in 



PACE 



XVI. A Discourse on Draining and Irrigation, delivered be- 

 fore the General Agricultural Society of Barba- 

 does, at its Fourth Half-yearly Meeting, on the 

 22d of December 1847. By John Davy, M.D., 

 F.R.S., Inspector-General of Army Hospitals, 

 Honorary Member of the Society. Communicated 

 by the Author, ...... 335 



XVII. The Present Condition of the Indian Archipelago, 348 

 XVIII. On Mineral Metamorphism, .... 364 



Metaraorphism, Definition, .... 364 



Metamorphosis of Rocks by Heat and Cementation, 365 



Metamorphosis of Rocks by Vapours, . . . 368 



Metamorphosis of Rocks by Injection, . . 369 



General Metamorphic Processes, . . . 370 



Massive Rocks, ..... 3^^ 



XIX. Tabular View of au Arrangement of Minerals, founded 

 on Physical and Chemical Characters. By Pro- 

 fessor Jameson, . . • . . 373 

 XX. Notice of Plants which have flowered recently in the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, and other Gardens near 

 Edinburgh. By J. H. Balfour, M.D., F.L.S., 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Edin- 

 burgh. Communicated by the Author, . 378 



XXI. Ab.stract of Meteorological Observations for 1847, 

 made at Applegarth, Dumfriesshire. By Rev. 

 Wm. Dunb.vr, D.D 383 



XXII. Scientific Intf.lligence : — 



.\NTHROP0L0GY. 



1. On a Universal Language. 2. Caffers described. 3. 

 Hottentots described. 4. Fingoes described. 5. 

 " Ceaird" the Celtic appellation for " Gypsies." 385—387 



ZOOT.OOY. 



6. On the .Skulls of adult and aged Male and Female 



Chimpanzees. 7. Voices of Birds, . . . 388 



TiOTANY. 



8. DistriliutioM of Plants, .... 389 



OEOT.flQV. 



9. Geology and Physic.il History of the Globe. 10. De- 

 composition of Rocks, 11. On the Posilion in the 



