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Contents or , Number 259. * 1 



LV. Seme further Remarks on Swallows. By Mr, Ga- 

 in IsGLis. . . : . - - pap 32) 



LVI. An Essay on Dreaming, including Conjectures on 

 the prox'mate Cause of Sleep. Ey Andreav Carmicwael, 

 M.R.I..A. - - - .- ■ - 3-; 



LVI I. On Hypotheses proposed for explaining the^Origla 

 of Meteoric Stones ; ]i\itK Rerniirks on Mr. Murray's Let- ! 

 ter oa Aerolites inserted in Phil. Mag. for last July. By Mr, 

 H. Atkinson. '^-^ - - - . *. 33/5 



LVIIl. Reply to Mr. Edwarjd Riddle's Remarks on { 

 I Mr. Meikls's Paper " On fii\<ing the 'Longitude by Lunar 

 I Observations.*' liy Mr. MEiKLk, - v - Ci > 



LJX." A Description, of a new Military Bridge, that may 

 ^IS'b^ ' ^'^'^^ of short Pieces of Timber, and easily put togetker 

 \i ?^ in a-.i^ Situation. The same Method is af plicable to other 

 /"'Kvi TTses. . By A Correspondent. - - - 3;7' 



LX. Memoir on a new and certaiii Method of ascerfarning ^ 

 .«-; Figure of the Earth by means o£ Occultations of the 

 ed Scars. By A. Cagsoli. With N'otes and an Appendix 

 / Frakcis Baily. - - - - SSO\ 



LXL Dissertation on Water Snakes, Sea Snakes,, and Sea 

 :ipents. By C S. Rafinesgu£, Esq. - - , _ 361 



LXil. P,efL'nce of English Periodical Mathematical 

 , orks, inlleply to Mr. Meikle. By A Co^re$p6ndp>jt. 3^7 j 

 LXIIL On tlie Eigure of the Earth. By M. De La- | 

 \Cr. - - . . . ■ - - 371 



LXIV. Accouoj; of-?ome r<7ftarlc«Ke Facts observed in i 



c Deoxidation of Metals, particularly Silver and Copper. 

 / Samuel Lucas, E^q. - - . - , - 3"f> ' 



LXV. Singular Anecdote of the Spider, with Observa- • 

 ■ns on the Ut'lity of Ants in destroying venomous Insects. ■ 

 - Captain Bag NO r,D. - /i .• - - 3' 



LXVL Notices respecting N^w Books. - - 3' 



LXVII. Proceedings pf Learned Societies. - 3J 



1^^ . LXVIIL Jntelligence^and Miscellaneous Articles. — Au- \ 



V , ' ' rira Bt)realis) orN.orthern Lights.-i—Eartliquak«s.— Comets. ! 



l^^ _The Planet Pallas. — Anticjuities.— Eigyptian A.au'quirles. j 



f'' — To prevent Smut in Wheat. — To prevent Mildew in ■ J 



,^ Wheat Patents.— Meteorological Tables. - 38B— 400| 



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%'_ *f-;! *^« Comir.Uiitcatlons for '.his Work, addressed to the Editor, # 



RICUAUD AKD ARTHUR. TAYLOR, I'KlNTii'.Sf Shut LANt, Lui.uON. 



