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CONTENTS. 



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I. New Compound Rail. By. Sandfokd Fleming, C. E 473 



II. The Odabwah Indian Language. Ey F. Assikinack 481 



III. Donati's Comet. By the Rev. James Williamson, LL.D 486 



Revikvs : 



1. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry 48 B 



2. The Story of a Boulder 493 



8. The Hand-Book of Toronto .502 



4. The Canadian Almanac 509 



SCIENTIFIO AND LiTKRAET WoTES I 



Geology and Mineralogy , 514 



Natural History 518 



Chemistry 523 



Meteoeologt : 



August Meteorological Table for Toronto 525 



Remarks on " " " 526 



September Meteorological Table for Toronto 527 



Remarks on « " " 528 



August Meteorological Table for St. Martin, Isle Jesus , 529 



September " " « « 530 



Remarks on Meteorological Tables for St. Martin, Isle Jesus 531 



Meteorological Register, University of Queen's College, Kingston 532 



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