TABLE OP CONTENTS 



CuArTER v. The Delta-Plain and the Historical Changes in the Course 

 of the Yellow River ...... 



Chapter VI. On the General Geology of China Proper; A Generaliza 

 tion Based on Observations, and on the Mineral Productions, and the 

 Configuration of the Surface ..... 



Chapter VII. The Sinian System of Elevation 



Chapter VIII. Geological Sketch of the Route from the Great Wall 

 to the Siberian Frontier. ..... 



Chapter IX. Geological Itineraries of Journeys on the Island of Yesso 

 in Northern Japan ...... 



Chapter X. Mineral Productions of China 



Appendix No. 1. Description of Fossil Plants from the Chinese Coal 

 Bearing Rocks. By J. S. Newberry, M. D. . 



Appendix No. 2. Analyses of Chinese and Japanese Coals. By James 

 A. Macdonald, M. A. . 



Appendix No. 3. Letter from Mr. Arthur Mead Edwards on the Results 

 of an Examination under the Microscope of some Japanese Infusorial 

 Earths, and other Deposits of China and Mongolia . 



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ARTICLE V. Physical Observations in the Arctic Seas : By Isaac I. Hayes, M. D., 

 Commanding Expedition. Made on the West Coast op North Green- 

 land, the vicinity of Smith Strait and the West Side of Kennedy 

 Channel, during 1860 and 1861. Reduced and Discussed at the 

 Expense of the Smithsonian Institution by Charles A. Schott, 

 Memb. Am. Phil. Soc. Philadelphia; Assistant TJ. S. Coast Survey. Pp. 

 286, Six Plates and Fourteen Wood-cuts. (Published June, 1867). 

 Part I. Astronomical Observations . 

 Part II. Magnetic Observations 

 Part III. Tidal Observations . ... 



Part IV. Meteorological Observations 

 Appendix . . . . . 



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