CONTENTS. ix 



XXIV*. A Letter from John Call, Eff, to Nevil 

 Maikelyne, F. R. S. Aftronomer Royal, containing 

 a Sketch of the Signs of the Zodiac, found in a 

 Pagoda t near Cape Comorin in India. p. 353 



XXV. An Account of the Flowing of the 'Tides in the 

 South Sea, as obferved on board of His Majeffs 

 Bark the Endeavour, by Lieut. J. Cook, Com- 

 mander, in a Letter to Nevii Maikelyne, Aftro- 

 nomer Royal, and F.R.S. P- 357 



XXVI. An Account oj a new Electrometer, con^ 

 trived by Mr. William Henly, and of fiveral 

 EleSlrical Experiments made by him, in a Letter 



from Dr. Prieftley, F. R. $. to Dr. Franklin,. 

 F.R.S. / m p. "359 



XXVII. Meteorological Obfirvaiions at Ludgvan in 

 Mount's Bay, Cornwall, r 771 : By William Ror- 

 lafe, D. D. F. R. S. Communicated by Dr. Jere- 

 miah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R, S. p. 365 



XXVIII. Account of fever al Quadrupeds from Hucl- 

 fon'sBay, by Mr. John Reinhold Forfter, R R. 8. 



XXIX. An Account of the Birds fint from Hud Ion's 

 Bay ; with Objerv.itions relative to their Natural 

 Hiftory ; and Latin Defcriptions of feme of the mojl 

 uncommon. By the Same. p. 382 



XXX. Geometrical Solutions of three celebrated Agro- 

 nomical Problems, by the late Dr. Henry Pember- 

 ton, F. R. S. Communicated by Matthew Raper, 

 EJg; F.R.S. p. 434 



XXXI. On the Digefiion of the Stomach after Death, 

 by John Hunter, F. R. S. and Surgeon to St. 

 George's Hofpitah p. 447 



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