INDEX. 



Agassiz, Professor, on the analogy between the fossal flora of the 



European Miocene, and the living flora of America, 180— 



His glacial theory not abandoned, 396. 

 Agate, artificial colours of, described, 183. 

 Anderson, Thomas, M.D., on the constitution of the phosphates of the 



organic alkalies, 169. 

 Anthracite coal, observations on, 181. 

 Asteriadse, fossil, of Britain, considered by Professor Edward Forbes, 



379. 

 Atmosphere, reseai'ches on its constitution, 392. 

 Australia, its geology, 187. 

 Balfour, Professor, his notes of a botanical excursion to Braeniar, 



Bari_y, Jr Martin, his physiological discoveries, 194. 

 Bawtree, W. E., M.D., his description of some Sepulchral pits of In- 

 dian origin in North America, 86. 

 Beche, Sir H. de la, his account of the Proceedings of the Geolo- 

 gical Society of France, 155 — Of Ireland, 312. 

 Beke, Dr, on the sources of the Nile in the Mountaiiis of the Moon, 



221. 

 Birds, ancient, of New Zealand, noticed, 196. 

 Boracite, amorphous, observations on, by Dr Karsten, 181. 

 Boucheporn, M., his biography of D'Aubuisson, 1, 205. 

 Brown, Dr R. E., on the source of motions upon the earth, and of 



the means by which they are sustained, 148, 302. 

 Burat, Amedee, on the continuity of metalliferous repositories in 



depth, 346. 

 Carboniferous period, its vegetation considered by Dr Hooker, 362. 

 Climate of Iceland, account of, 281. 



Coal- formation of the Maremma of Tuscany, 369 — Of Labuan, 331. 

 Coal of the Kangra Valley noticed, 183. 

 Coal-formation containing reptilian remains, 185. 



