XIV CONTENTS. 



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Mr. Bertram F. Hartshorkte on the Eodiyas of Ceylon 1G5 



Captain J. S. Hay and Commander Cameron on Homed Men of Akkem, in 



Africa 165 



Mr. H. V. HusiBOLDT v. d. Horck on the Laplanders and People of the North 



of Eiarope 166 



Mr. W. J. Knowles on the Classification of An-ow-heads 166 



on the Find of Prehistoric Objects at Portstewart 166 



Dr. liNOx on Bosjes Skulls 166 



Rev. J. M'Cann on the Orig-in of Instinct 166 



Mr. Hector MacLean on the Gaelic Inhabitants of Scotland 166 



on the Anglicizing and Gaelicizing of Surnames .... 167 



Mr. Kerry Nichols on Explorations in the Islands of the Coral Sea 167 



Mr. W. Pengelly on an Urn from Chudleigh, Devon 169 



Mr. J. S. Phene on Relics of Totemism in Scotland in Historic Times 169 



on the Arthurian Apple and the Serpent of the Ancients . . 169 



Mr. James Shaw on Right-handedness 169 



— on the Mental Progress of Animals during the Human 



Period 169 



Dr. Allen Thomson on two SkuUs from the Andaman Islands 169 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Address by F. J. Evans, C.B., F.R.S., Captain R.N., President of the Section 169 

 Mr. A. Bowden on a new Route to the Sources of the Niger 181 



Mr. J. Y. Buchanan on the Specific Gravity of the Surface-water of the Ocean, 



as observed during the Cruise of H.M.S. ' Challenger ' 181 



on a new Deep-sea Thermometer 181 



Commander V. L. Cameron on his Journey through Equatorial Africa .... 181 

 Signor G. E. Cerrtjti on his Recent Explorations in N.W. New Guinea .... 182 



Lieutenant W. H. Chippendall on the White Nile between Gondokoro and 

 Appuddo 182 



Mr. W. Barrington D'Almeida on Perak and Salangore 182 



Mr. Sandford Fleming on the Conventional Division of Time now in use, 

 and its Disadvantages in connexion with Steam Communications in different 

 pai'ts of the World ; with Remarks on the desirability of adopting Common 



Time over the Globe for Railways and Steam-Ships 182 



Professor Forbes on the Site of the Grave of Geughiz Khan 182 



Dr. Litton Forbes on the Samoan Archipelago 183 



Captain J. S. Hay on Akem and its People, West Africa 183 



Mr. J. Murray on the Geological Distribution of Oceanic Deposits 183 



Mr. Kerry Nichols on the Islands of the Coral Sea 183 



Rev. J. Paterson on a Journey across Finland, from Ellenborg to Archangel 

 rid Kemi 183 



Colonel R. L. Playpair on Travels in Timis in the Footsteps of Bruce 183 



Professor Porter on some Points of Interest in the Physical Conformation and 



Antiquities of the Jordan Valley 184 



Mr. A. SiMSON on the River Putumayo or I^a, South America 184 



Mr. OcTAvius Stone on his Recent Jom-neys in New Guinea 184 



Stafl-Commander Tizard on the Temperature obtained in the Atlantic Ocean - 



during the Cruise of H.M.S. ' Challenger ' 185 



