11 CONTENTS. 



FAGS 



Art. V. Notes on the Life of the celebrated Dominique-Fran- 

 cois-Jean Arago, Perpetual Secretary of the Aca- 

 demy of Sciences, Member of the Board of Longi- 

 tude, and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, 

 &c, &c, . . . . .61 



VI. The Funeral Speech of M. Flourens at the Grave 

 of M. Arago on the day of his Funeral, which took 

 place on the 5th October 1853, . . 67 



VII. On tho Introduction of the Magnificent Forest Tree, 



the Deodar, from India into England, . . 70 



Cultivation of the Deodar in England, . . 70 



VIII. Remarks on Mollusca and Shells. By Dr Augus- 

 tus' Gould, . . . . .74 



1. Zoological Regions, . . . 74 



2. Identity of Species, . . . -74 



3. Local Aspects of Species, and Characteristic Form of 



Regions, . . . -76 



4. Analogous Species in co-ordinate Regions, . 77 



IX. Report of the Maritime Conference held at Brussels 

 for devising a Uniform System of Meteorological 

 Observations at Sea, . . . .81 



X. An Essay on the China-stone and China-clays of 

 Cornwall, with a description of some Mechanical 

 Improvements in the mode of Preparation of the 

 latter. By Mr H. M. Stoker, of St Austell, 

 Cornwall, . . . . .91 



XI. On the Analysis of Euclaso. By J. W. Mallet, 



Esq., Ph. D., . . . .103 



