Index. 



395 



Kongsberg, 204 



Labels, how to protect, 297 



Laird, the, at Newlandmoor, 55- 

 64 ; a so-called, 65 



Lancelet, the, specimen of, 144 



, tenacity of life in, 229 ; de- 

 scription of, 231 



Landsborough, the Rev. Dr., 332 



Language ol signs, 104 



Latch-keys superseded, 73 



Leeches as barometer, 120 



Lerwick, fashions at, 215 



Letters, punctuality in answering, 

 306 



Lewis, garden walks in, 319 



Lima hians, nest of, 175 



Limpets, reputed excavations by, 

 136 



, experiments m regard to, 



325, 327 



, tongue of, 327 



Limulus, development of, 230 

 Lingthorn, the, 157 

 Linnaeus, shrewish wife of, 153 

 Lion Kock at C umbrae, 358 

 Liverpool, doings at, 96 

 Lochmaben, companions on the way 



to, 334 



Lochranza, 175 

 Logach, the, farm called, II 

 Lota molva, 369 

 Luminosity of moss, 36 ; of the 



sea, 194, 3 1 6 

 Lyndsay, Dr., 132 



Mackerel, capture and sale of, 283 



Mahony, Mr. T. A., 269 



Malcomson, Mrs., Robertson boards 

 with, 76 ; follows the advice of, 

 78 ; her generous conduct, 78 



Manor kirkyard, 316 



Mayer, Dr. Paul, 190 



McAlister, Sandy, character of, 58 ; 

 musical powers of, 60; his dis- 

 grace, 6 1 



McAsland, Mr., 55-64 



, Miss, eulogy of, 55; her 



lover's friendliness to David, 63 



McDougalls, the, partnership with, 

 94 ; some relatives of, 101 ; divi- 



sion of labour with, 113 ; harmo- 

 nious relations with, 146 



McKensie, Mr. Peter, estimable 

 character of, 122 



Mediterranean ooze examined, 325 



Medusa, the, in Lamlash Bay, 339 ; 

 Ayrshire butcher's opinion of, 339 



Melburt Bay, 320 



Merns, village of, 80 



Mesochra Robertsoni, 351 



Methuselah pining for time, 277 



Miller, John, a fellow-lodger 71 ; 

 gets married, 74 



, Robert, a fellow-lodger, 71 ; 



a partner in school-keeping, 73 ; 

 fine handwriting of, 75 



Miller, the, brought to book, 61 



Millport> holidays at, 81, 130, 150; 

 Dr. Dohrn at, 188 ; old minister 

 at, 196; dangerous voyage to, 152 



Millwell, school at, how reached, 66 



Mnium punctatum, 37 



Mollusca, marine, 310, 324, 332 



Montrose, deposits at, 247 ; aston- 

 ishing the waiters at, 247, 252 



Morning Journal, the (1865), 344 



Morrhua minuta, 369 



Moss, luminosity of, 36, 37 



Mud, curious bottle of, 213 



Mungo Park, 44, 147 



Munna Whiteana, the isopod, 177 



Murray, Dr. John, of the Chal- 

 lenger, 306, 338, 341 



Mussels, observation of, 139 



Nannastacus unguiculatus, the 



cumacean, 187, 189 

 Naturalist, the, for 1855, 185 

 Needlecase, used for protecting 



labels, 297 

 Needle, darning, curious specimen 



of, 324 



Neilson, Mr., a geologist, 286 

 Nelson, Lord, monument to, 2 ; 



liability to seasickness of, 273 

 , Mr., at East Kilbride 



quarry, 49, 51 

 Nereis bilineata, 1 86 

 Newlandmoor farm, 55 

 Norfolk Broads, 26, 254, 261, 291 

 Norman, the Rev. Canon, begin- 



