CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXXVIII. 
NUMBER I. 
Art. I. A letter to Prof. Faraday, on certain Theoretical pees 
ions; by Prof. R. Hare, M.D.,— - 
II. Analysis of Sea Water as it exists in the English Chan- 
nel near Brighton; by G. Scuwe:tzer, M. D., - 
III. On the Halo or Fringe which surrounds all Bodies ; ed 
Mrs. Mary GrirFitTH, - - 
IV. On the use of the Galvanic Battery in — y 
Hamitton K. G. Morcan, 
V. On the Tails of Comets; by Wrntram Sicisniets: - 
VI. A Gissi or Kissi Vocabulary ; by Prof. J. W. Gisss, 
VII. A Vai or Vey Vocabulary; by the Same, - - 
VIL. A Mendi Vocabulary; by the Same, - 
IX. Vegetable Organography and Physiology, or og For- 
mation and Vital Functions of Plants; by Horace 
Green, M. D., - - - - 
X. Practical Remarks on Gems, especially on some of ei 
found in the United States; by THomas Taper, - 
XI. On the Connexion between the theory of the Earth and 
the Secular Variations of the re Needle; ay 
Prof. Joun H. Laturop, - 
XII. Notices of Tornadoes, &c.; by Prof. R. Sisco M. D., 
XIII. On the Silurian System, wits a Table of the Strata and 
Characteristic Fossils; by T. A. Conran, - 
XIV. Abstract of the Proceedings of the Ninth Meeting of the 
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 
XV. Account of a Journey to the Céteau des Prairies, with a 
description of the Red Pipe Stone quarry and Granite 
Bowlders found there; by Mr. Georce Catuin, - 
XVI. Auroras and Sunset, - “ “ 5 _ 
