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youtli African, wliich mimics witli 

 much recision the appearance of the 

 stones among- which it lives, 134. 



Great Doward, Whitchurch, Ross, the 

 Rev. W. S. Symonds on the contents 

 of a hyaena's den on the, 109. 



Greenland, Dr. R. Brown on the flora 

 of, 128. 



, on the interior of, 175. 



, North, geological notes on the 



Nom-soak peninsula and Disco Island 

 in, by Dr. R. Brown, 94. 



Grierson (T. B.) on the establishment 

 of local museums, 126. 



* on the Carabus nitens of the Scot- 



tish moors, 132. 



Grieve (D.) on the fossiliferous strata 

 at Lochend near Edinburgh, 98 



•Grieve (G. J.) on the position of or- 

 ganic remains near Burntisland, 98. 



Griffith (Sir R., Bart.) on " the boulder- 

 drift and Esker Hills of Ireland," and 

 " on the position of erratic blocks in 

 the country," 98. 



*Grimmui (including Schistidium), J. 

 Sadler, on the species of, as repre- 

 sented in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh, 131. 



*GuatemaIa, W. B. Richardson on the 

 Volcande Agua, near, 189. 



Gunn (Rev. J.) on the agency of the 

 alternate elevation and subsidence of 

 the land in the formation of boulder- 

 clays and glaciers, and the excavation 

 of valleys and bays, 100. 



*Gurhwal, British, Capt. A. Pullan on, 

 189. 



•Hsematite ores, Thomas Ainsworth 

 on facts developed by the working of, 

 in the Ulverstone and Whitehaven 

 districts, 66. 



Haemoglobin in the muscular tissue, E. 

 R. Lankester on the existence of, and 

 its relation to muscular activity, 140. 



Harcourt (the late Rev. W. Vernon), 

 Prof, Stokes on the researches of, 

 38. 



*Harkness (Prof.), one of the earliest 

 forms of Trilobites exhibited by, 100. 



Harkness (William), preliminary notice 

 on a new method of testing samples 

 of wood-naphtha, 72, 



*HaiTis (George) on the hereditary 

 transmission of endowments and qua- 

 lities of different kinds, 152 ; on the 

 comparative longevity of animals of 

 different species and of man, and the 

 probable causes which mainly con- 

 duce to promote this difference, 153, 



Health, Dr. W. Marcet on the nutrition 



of muscular and pulmonaiy tissue in, 



and in phthisis, 140. 

 Heat, Dr. Andrews on the action of, on 



bromine, 06. 

 , F. Crace-Calvert on the action of, 



on germ-life, 122. 

 , C. R. C. Tichbome on the disso- 



ciation of molecules by, 81. 



* of Aug-ust 2nd-4th, 1868, A. 



Buchan on the great, 232. 



of a copper ball, D. M'Farlane on 



experiments to determine the surface 

 conductivity for, 44. 



*Heavens, R. A. Proctor on the con- 

 struction of the, 34. 



Hebrides and West Highlands, J. S. 

 Phen^ on an expedition for the special 

 investigation of the, in search of evi- 

 dences of ancient serpent worship, 

 158. 



Henderson (John) on the age of the 

 felstones and conglomerates of the 

 Pentland Hills, 101. 



*Hereditary transmission of endow- 

 ments and qualities of different kinds, 

 G. Harris on the, 151. 



Hieroglyphic sculptures, Lieut.-Colonel 

 Leslie on ancient, 155. 



Highton (the Rev. H.) on a method of 

 preserving food by muriatic acid, 73. 



•Himalayas and Central Asia, Trelaw- 

 ney Saimders on the, 189. 



Holden (Dr. J. Sinclair) on the alumi- 

 nous iron-ores of co. Antrim, 74. 



Holophite, differential, T. Stevenson on 

 a, 37. 



Hooker (Dr. J. D.), ascent of the Atlas 

 range, 179. 



Horizon, C. George on a self-replenish- 

 ing artificial, 178. 



Hospitals, Dr. W. Stevenson on the 

 scientific aspects of children's, 221. 



*Hoyle (William) on political economy, 

 pauperism, the labour question, and 

 the liquor traffic, 212. 



Hull (Prof. Edward) and W^ A. Traill 

 on the relative ages of the granitic, 

 plutonic, and volcanic rocks of the 

 Moume Mountains and Slieve Croob, 

 CO. Down, 101. 



*Hume (Rev. Dr.) on the coal-beds of 

 Panama, in reference mainly to their 

 economic importance, 103. 



•Humphry (Prof.) on the caudal and 

 abdominal muscles of the Crypto- 

 branch, 140. 



Hyaena's den, the Rev. W. S. Symonds 

 on the contents of a, on the Great 

 Doward, Whitchurch, Ross, 109. 



