xii CONTENTS. 
Astronomer Broun’s Notice of the Kanikars, a Hill-Side Tribe in the Kingdom 
of Travancore........++ darddesesasads SQ UEORE KIC POppConigouCUcacboocinc ice daeeauttestece “5 
Major-General Cursney on the Extension of Communications to Distant 
Places by means of Electric Wires .......sscessesseeeesensensconenes vaddeadeuettenttees 
Mr. Ricuarp Cuxt on Dr. Prichard’s Identification of the Russians with the 
FUOMOMAM Ue aacecis owoo isan esnaesiec genius sace sas cicesncnoeetmpceitenna helene eminem saaGciereetp 
Mr. H. Conypeare on the Physical Geography of the Neighbourhood of 
Bombay, as affecting the Design of the Works recently erected for the Water 
Supply of that City.....cecsscscsssececeeeeessneeeeesnsceneees sovisence ss seveoouecenesecees 
Mr. J. Crawrurp on the Effects of Commixture, Locality, Climate, and Food 
On the Races of Man.......sescscsssesccectececccsccs ahachscquetaenmeretene ck See 4 
Dr. J. Davy’s Observations on the Lake District...... Pee csost 3 iioeleh Sesiele a eeeee car 
Consul Donouor on Pacific Railway Schemes, as communicated by the Earl 
of Malmesbury to the President of the Royal Geographical Society.........+... 
Rev. J. Dineve on the Configuration of the Surface of the Earth..,.......+. Sagcce 
Rev. G. C. Getpart, Language no Test of Race ......scsssessesecsenee dearer stsass 
Mr. H. M. Greennow’s Short Notice of the People of Oude, and of their 
leading Characteristics......+sseseeore ceaneaslere seme ectenve ecschiets weolescesedauapeeee ye 
Colonel H. Jamxs on the Geometrical Projection of two-thirds of the Surface 
of the Sphere........0+« Henoassece ecaetueemers mbaiarecssCcaussaeai etaple <i eeecesees Ranees 
Dr. R. G. Laruam on the General Distribution of the Varieties of Language and 
Physical Conformation, with remarks upon the Nature of Ethnological Groups 
Mr. Witi1am Locxuart on the Yang-tse-Keang and the Hwang-ho, or Yellow 
River. (Communicated by Dr. NORTON SHAW) «scssceeseceereeneces serexaeed igses 
Extracts from a Letter by Mr. Win11am RusseExt to the President......... sennes 
Mr. C. R. Marxuam on the Navigation of the Ucayali, an Affluent of the 
Amazons ..... cuecceeceusssenosscvscsessecsesencscccsseeusssecscsroccasssans ceencescccccesees 
Dr. S. MuLuER’s Geognostic Sketch of the Western Position of Timor.. 
Capt. J. Panyiser and Dr. Hecror’s Reports to Her Majesty’s aces 
on the Physical Geography of the Country examined by the E aoe ex- 
ploring the South-Western Regions of British North America ......s001+++0 
Dr. Nortow Suaw on the Geography of British North America, more ee: 
larly British Columbia, Frazer River, &C. ....sscssesecsecsesserenscevoecssenes Sete 
Sir R. Scuomsurex’s Letter to Sir R. I. Murchison on the Project of a Canal 
across the Isthmus of Kraw, which divides the Gulf of Bengal from that of 
SAM weeeeseceseoeee einanjee bide sens a Uhre Women seeneecentesccceccesssevesseses erases oumsateie se 
M. I. Josep S1npERMANN on a Method for the Spherical Printing of Globes. 
M. Troyon on the Lacustrine Homes of the Ancient Swiss.......++. sasasemesebess 
Mr. A. Wuitney on the Formation of a Railway from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific Ocean, through the British Possessions of North America .........++ 
Mr. J. S. Witson’s Notes on the Physical Geography of North-Western 
PAMSITAN Aco ce etasesecneegcecscasswestes usec er sethneaee wa cleaiside sied edaeiese.cleosies sieeeatne eam 
Mr. J. Sporswoop Wiuson on the General and Gradual Desiccation of the 
Earth and Atmosphere ............. san oh nee eae 
Mr. Tuomas Wrieut’s Notice of the Opening of a Sepulchral Tumulus in 
East Yorkshire...... Veseceseessouennes ons ce aeecres cee 5 ve casea'enn'nie wes 
STATISTICAL SCIENCE. 
Address by the President, Mr. Epwarp Barnzs, on opening the Section......++« 
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