CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Ancient Jewelry. By William Duthie 4 With a Coloured Plate 1 



Trial of the Pyx 10 



On the Form, Growth, and Construction of Shells. By the late Dr. 



S. P. Woodward, F.G.S. With Illustrations 18 



Mrs. Cameron's Photographs 30 



The Coal Mines of the United States of North America. By F. M. 



Lubbren 34 



On Telegraphic Communication by Means of a Numerical Code. By 



Lieut, J. Herschel, R.E 40 



Eesults of Meteorological Observations made at the Kew Obser- 

 vatory. By G. M. Whipple 44 



Light Spots in the Lunar Night. — The Crater Linne. — Occultations. 



By the Rev. T. W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 51 



The Fossil Forest of Atanakerdluk 61 



The Mangrove and its Allies. By John R. Jackson 65 



The Mammoth and its Epoch 70 



On the ".Glass Rope" Hyalonema. By Professor Wyville Thomson. 



With Coloured Plate and two Illustrations 81 



The Star Chamber: Its Practice and Procedure. By Francis W. 



Rowsell , 95 



Indian Insects, House Visitants. By the Rev. R. Hunter, M.A 110 



The Climate of Great Britain. By Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S. 113 



The Vegetable Sheep of New Zealand. By John R. Jackson 128 



Pleasant Ways in Science. No. V. — Radiant Forces 136 



Schroter's Meteors. — The Lunar Cassini. — Crimson Star. — Occulta- 

 tions. By the Rev. T. W. Webb, A.M., F.R.A.S 144 



Schmidt on Linne 152 



Economic Uses of Shells and their Inhabitants. By Henry Wood- 

 ward, F.G.S., F.Z.S. With Tinted Plate 161 



Fatio on Feathers : their Decoloration 172 



Silvered Mirror Telescopes, their Merits and Disadvantages 176 



Chemical Aids to Art. By Professor A. II. Church, M.A., F.C.S. . . 180 



A Ramble in West Shropshire. By the Rev. J. D. La Touche ...... 185 



Rumination in Fish, the Scarus of the Ancients. By the Rev. W. 



Houghton, M.A., F.L.S. 190 



Lunar Delineation. — The Lunar Aristillus and Autolycus. By the 



Rev. T. W. Webb, M.A., F.R.A.S 195 



On a Fresh Water Valved Vaginicola. By Henry J. Slack, F.G.S., 



Hon. Sec. R.M.S 205 



Biela's Comet. By W. T. Lynn, B.A., F.R.A.S. With Tinted Plate . . 208 



