INDEX 1. 
Mosler’s (Dr.) researches on the influ- 
ence of mercury on the secretion of 
pile, 195. 
Mountain-chains of the moon, 13. 
Miller and Kolliker’s researches on the 
secretion of bile, 193. 
Muscular movements, effect of, upon the 
flow of bile, 231. 
Mylne (R. W.) on the rainfall of the 
ritish Isles, 432. 
Naked-eyed Meduse, 325. 
Napier (J. R.) on a uniformity of weights 
and measures, 484. 
Nasse’s (Prof.) experiments on the se- 
cretion of bile, 189. 
Nebulz, on the spectra of the, 147; 
measures of the intrinsic brightness of 
the, 150; observations of the, 157. 
Neptune, spectrum of, 162. 
Neumayer (Dr.), list of radiant-points 
of meteoric showers in the southern 
hemisphere, 405. 
Nitrate of amyl, on the employment of, 
in cases of acute spasmodic diseases, 
and the latter stages of cholera, 172. 
Norfolk rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 454. 
Norman (Rev. A. M.), Shetland Final 
Dredging Report.—Part I. On the 
Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echino- 
dermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and 
Porifera, 247, 341. 
North Sea, list of Mollusca which are 
common to the Mediterranean and 
the, 254, 
Northampton rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
452. 
Northumberland rainfall in 1866 and 
1867, 460. 
- Nottinghamshire rainfall in 1866 and 
1867, 458. 
Oculinide, British fossil, 94. 
Oldham (J.) on tidal observations, 489. 
ae gas, note on the preparation of, 
520. 
Ophiuroidea, 312. 
Organic acids, report of synthetical re- 
searches on, by Alfred R. Catton, 475. 
remains in the carboniferous lime- 
stone, C. Moore on the mineral veins 
containing, 428. 
Orkney raintall in 1866 and 1867, 471. 
Osborn (Captain Sherard) on the desira- 
bility of an exploration being made of 
the district between the Brahmaputra, 
the Upper Ivawadi, and the Yang-tse- 
Kiang, 430. 
Ostracoda dredged in the Shetland and 
adjacent seas, 289. 
205 
Oxford rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 452. 
Parkes (W.) on tidal observations, 489. 
Passengers, interim report of the Com- 
mittee on the safety of ships and their, 
344, 
Pedicellinea dredged off the Shetlands, 
311 
Peebles rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 465. 
Pembrokeshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
462. 
Pengelly (William) on the exploration 
of Kent’s Cavern, Devonshire, 45; on 
the rate of increase of underground 
temperature, 510. 
Perthshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 467. 
Phayre (Sir Arthur) on the desirability 
of an exploration being made of the 
district between the Brahmaputra, the 
Upper Ivawadi, and the Yang-tse- 
Kuang, 430. 
Phillips (Prof. John) on mapping the 
surface of the moon, 1; on the ex- 
ploration of Kent's Cavern, Devon- 
shire, 45; on the rainfall of the British 
Isles, 482; on the quantity of rain 
measured in the Lake district, 472; 
on the rate of increase of undergound 
temperature, 510. : 
Phipson (Dr. T. L.) on meteors, aéro- 
lites, and falling stars, 418, 
Phyllopoda, 289. 
Physophorida, 324. 
Planets, spectra of the, 142, 165. 
Podophylline as a cholagogue, observa- 
tions on, 224, 
Poisons, on the neutralization of some, 
by the methyl and ethyl series, 184. 
Polyatomic cyanides, Thomas Fairley 
on, 519. 
Polyzoa, Rey. A. Merle Norman on the, 
procured by the Shetland Dredging 
Committee, 247, 303. 
Porifera, Rey. A. Merle Norman on the, 
procured by the Shetland Dredging 
Committee, 247, 255, 327. 
Price (Prof. B.) on tidal observations, 489. 
Pritchard (Rev. C.) on mapping the 
surface of the moon, 1; on tidal ob- 
servations, 489, 
Pteropoda dredged in the Shetland and 
adjacent seas, 246. 
Pycnogonoidea dredged in the Shetland 
and adjacent seas, 301. 
Queen’s County rainfall in 1866 and 
1867, 470. 
Radiant-points of meteoric showers, 
list of, 401. 
