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 Professor H. Muller on the Existence and Arrangement of the Fovea Centra- 

 lis Retinae in the Eyes of Animals 171 



Professor Remak on the Influence of the Sympathetic Nerve on Voluntarj' 

 Muscles, as witnessed in the Treatment of Progressive Muscular Atrophy by 

 Secondary Electric Currents 171 



Dr. B. W. Richardson's Physiological Researches on the Artificial Produc- 

 tion of Cataract 171 



Physiological Researches on Resuscitation 172 



Mr. Charles Robertson on the Cervical and Occipital Vertebrae of Osseous 

 Fishes 172 



Dr. George Robinson on the Connexion between the Functions of Respira- 

 tion and Digestion 173 



Professor Rolleston on the Anatomy of Pferopus 173 



on some Points in the Anatomy of Insectivora 173 



on the Homologies of the Lobes of the Liver in Mammalia 174 



Dr. Edward Smith on the Influence of the Season of the Year on the Human 

 System 175 



Mr. J. Toynbee on the Action of the Eustachian Tube in Man, as demonstrated 

 by Dr. Politzer's Otoscope 176 



Dr. J. TuRNBULL on the Physiological and Medicinal Properties of Sulphate 

 of Aniline, and its Use in the Treatment of Chorea 177 



GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 



Opening Address by Mr. John Crawfurd, President of the Section, on the 

 Connexion between Ethnology and Physical Geography 177 



Mr. R. Alcock's Journey in the Interior of Japan, with the Ascent of Fusi- 

 yama 183 



Hon. J. Baker on Australia, including the Recent Explorations of Mr. Macdonald 

 Stuart 184 



Dr. Charles T. Beke on the Mountains forming the Eastern side of the Basin 

 of the Nile, and the Origin of the Designation ' Mountains of the Moon,' as 

 applied to them 184 



's Notice of a Volcanic Eruption on the Coast of Abessinia. 186 



Admiral Sir E. Belcher's Remarks on the Glacial Movements noticed in the 

 Vicinity of Mount St. Elias, on the North-west- Coast of America 186 



Extracts from a Letter written by R. Bridge to W. Bollaert on the Great 

 Earthquake at Mendoza, 20th March, 1861 187 



Mr. P.O'CALLAGHANon theCromleachs and Rocking- stones considered Ethno- 

 logically 187 



Captain Cameron's Notices on the Ethnology, Geography, and Commerce of 

 the Caucasus 189 



Mr. P. B. Du Chaillu on the Geography and Natural History of Western 

 Equatorial Africa 189 



on the People of Western Equatorial Africa 190 



Mr. John Crawfurd on the Antiquity of Man, from the Evidence of Language 191 



Mr. R. Cull on the Antiquity of the Aryan Languages 193 



Mr. L. Daa on the Ethnology of Finnmark, in Norway 193 



Mr. Henry Duckworth on a New Commercial Route to China 194 



