XVI CONTENTS. 



Department of Anatomy and Physiology. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1879. 



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1. Observations on the Automatic Mechanism of the Batrachian Heart. By 



Professor J. Bttrdon Sanderson, M.D., F.K.S 404 



2. The Influence of Domestication on Brain-growth. By W. F. Crichton 

 Browne 404 



3. On a Law of Retinal Activity. By Professor Silvantts P. Thompson, 

 B.A., D.Sc., &c 404 



4. On the Comparative Osteology of the Arm. By Dr. T. P. Durand 405 



MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1879. 



Address by P. H. Pye-Smith, B.A., M.D., Chairman of the Department 406 



1, Experiments on Septic Organisms in living Tissues. By Staff-Surgeon 

 Edward L. Moss, R.N 416 



2, On the Stroma of Mammalian Bed Blood Corpuscles. By L. O. Wool- 



dredge, B.Sc. Lond 418 



3, Note on Crystallisation of Urea in presence of a Colloid. By Dr. W. M. 

 Ord 418 



4, The Nervous System of Comatula. By P. Herbert Carpenter, M.A.... 418 



5, On a Visual Phenomenon and its Explanation. By William Ackroyd, 

 F.I.C 419 



Section E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1879. 



Address by Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S., F.L.S., Sec. R.G.S., 



F.S.A., President of the Section 420 



1. The Trade Routes from Bengal to Tibet. By Lieut.-Col. T. H. Lewtn, 

 late Deputy Commissioner of Darjiling 432 



2. The Upper Course of the Brahmaputra River. By C. E. D. Black 433 



3. The Dutch Expedition to Central Sumatra. By Professor P. J. Veth, 

 President of the Dutch Geographical Society 434 



4. Discovery of the Sources of the Chico in Southern Patagonia. By Don 



Ramon Lista , 436 



5. On Present Dalian Geographical Explorations. By G. Dalla Vedova, 

 Professor of Geography at the University of Rome, Secretary of the 

 Dalian Geographical Society 436 



FRIDA Y, A UG UST 22, 1879. 



1. Journey across Africa from Benguela to Natal. By Major Serpa Pinto 437 



2. The Basin of the Ogowe. By M. Savorgnan de Brazza 439 



3. The Southern Galla Country. By Rev. J. Wakefield 440 



4. German Explorations in Africa. By Professor Erman 440 



