iv Contents. 



PAGE 



The Moral Faculties of Brutes. By Shirley Hibberd 211 



l.s tomostkaca from Gihon. By the Kev. Charles H. Middleton, B.A. 217 

 Ox the "Seraphim" and its Allies. By Henry Woodward, F.Z.S. 



With a Tinted Plate and other Illustrations 229 



The Minute Sumvture of the Vinegar Plant. By Henry J. Slack, 



F.G.S. With an Illustration 23S 



The Dicranums, or Fork-Mosses. By M. G. Campbell 248 



The British Star-Fishes. By Geo. S. Brady, M.E.C.S. With a 



Tatted Plate 251 



Clusters and Nebulae. Occultations. By the Kev. T. W. Webb, M.A., 



F.R.A.S 257 



Botanizing at Oakshott Heath. By Shirley Hibberd. With Illus- 

 trations 266 



A New Table-Stand for Astronomical Telescopes. By the Rev. E. L. 



Bebthon, M.A. With Illustrations 282 



Results of Meteorological Observations made at the Kew Obser- 

 vatory. By Charles Chambers and G. M. Whipple 286 



A New Kind of Miniature 292 



Tin: Earthquake of October, 1863 294 



The Great Canons of the Colorado River. By George E. Roberts. 



With a Coloured Plate 309 



The Supply and Waste of Coax. By Professor D. T. Ansted, M.A., 



F.R.S 317 



Smoke-Rings of Vesuvius. By Charles Ch. Black, M.A 326 



The First Jewish Shekels, with some Account of the Succeeding 

 Coinages of Jud.ea. By H. Noel Humphreys. With a Tinted 



Plate 328 



Clusters, Nebul.e, and Occultations. By the Rev. T. W. Webb, M.A., 



F.R.A.S 346 



Arithmetical Recreations 353 



Tin: Omnia Fissidens ; or, the Flat Fork-Mosses. By M. G. Camp- 

 bell. With an Illustration 355 



The Philosophy of Earthquakes 358 



Firther Notes on the Earthquake of October 6th, 1863 367 



Mountino Dry Objects. By T. W. Wonfor 370 



A New Reversible Compressorium 371 



A Visit to Lapland 373 



Nni i a on- Tin: Vibrio Family. By Henry J. Slack, F.G.S............'. 378 



1 : 1 1 i m Discoveries in Entozoology. With a Coloured Plate 389 



A Day with the Field Clubs. By Thomas Wright, M.A., F.S.A. ... 395 



Mil wmiuinsM. By Professor Ansted, M.A., F.R.S 403 



Bj W.B. Tegetmeier 414 



Tin. Ii-.m.vklly Pearl Banks. By Clements R. Markham, F.S.A., 



F.E.G.8 | 418 



B&OB0800P1 Teach inos ...................'..'. ... 426 



\ UU9I0 ACID. By Dr. I'mi-SON, F.C.S., London !!!!!..!!!!!"!!..!.......' 431 



I rriJZATIOK nr tiu; Maize Plant 436 



I ■ OH i hi: Coal Supply. By Professor i Ansted, F.R.S. .!. 438 

 J'iamw'k AiiiiiiMiiicAL Problem— A New Method. By James J. 



Bfooxos 439 



Tin: Mi i miiAdis, on Siiikp-Tick. By L. Lane Clarke. ' With a Coloured 



/,/ " / ' » 439 



Ji.wisn SKKK4, un> OTHBB Coins of Ancient Jud.ea (2nd Article). 



ByH. N-.i i, lh mi-iikkyb. Illustrated 442 



i) Ni:iiri.i:. Occultations. The Achromatio Telescope. 



Bj Uw B«T. T. W. Wniii, M.A., F.R.A.S 448 



|,|: '" I HOD BOOTBTTEH 65,144,222,303,384,462 



^'""^I'A G7, 146, 226, 306, S87, 466 



ibi Notices 301 457 



v Nl '"' UtX Tin: Comets whose orbits have not been 



0UOT1A1 ii'. Bj <i. I'. Chambers 218, 381 



