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CONTENTS. Xxiil 



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16. The Human Body as a Conductor of Electricity, By H. Newman Law- 

 rence 792 



17. Fertilisation of the Eggs of the Stickleback. By Professor J. B. Hat- 



CEAPT 792 



18. On the Canalisation of Cells and the Continuity of Living Matter in 

 Plants and Animals. By Dr. Louis Olivier 792 



Section E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



THURSDA Y, A UG UST 4. 



Address by Professor James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.,F.R.S.E., F.G.S., 



President of the Section 794 



1. First Ascent of the Oraefa Jokull, Iceland. By F. AV. W. Howell 810 



2. Place Names. By Dr. J. Buesess 810 



3. Rainfall in Formosa and some of the Effects on the Island and Mainland 



of China. By J. Thomson 811 



4. On the Windings of Rivers. By J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S 812 



5. Travels in Lesser Thibet. By Mrs. Bishop 812 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. 



1. On Meteorological Observations in the Atlantic Ocean. By the Peince of 



Monaco 812 



2. The Density, Temperature, and Motion of the Waters of the Gulf of 



Guinea. By J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S 813 



3. Physical Geography of the Firth of Forth. By Hugh Robeet Mill, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S.E 813 



4. On the Need for Teaching in Meteorology. By H. N. Dickson, F.R.S.E., 



F.R.Met.Soc 813 



5. The Desert of Atacama. By Mrs. Lillie Grove 814 



6. Photography as a Means of Surveying. By Colonel H. C. 0. Tannee ... 814 



7. Some Notes on a New Method for the Determination of Geographical 

 Longitudes by Lunar Distances. By Dr. H. Schlichtee 815 



MONDAY, AUGUST 8. 



1. Notes on a Portion of the Kalahari. By E. Wilkinson , 815 



2. The Geography of the Zimbabwe Ruins in Mashonaland. By J. Theo- 



dore Bent 816 



3. Report of the Mashonaland Committee 816 



4. The Orientation and Architectural Features of the Ruined Temples of 

 Mashonaland. By Robert M. W. Swan 816 



