224 Richard Adie, Esq., on the Temperatures of 



Provinces. Limits. 



~ . Saghallan, (subfrigid) . . Coast of Japan Sea, part of Western 



and Northern Niphon, Saghalian, 

 Yeso, &c. 



3. South Temperate Zone. 



8. Cygnian,or Swan R., (warm temp.) W. Australia, 26|° S. to SW. Cape. 



9. Flinders, (temperate) . . Southern coast of Australia. 



10. Moreton, (warm temp, and temp.) E. Australia, 26£° S. to 31° S. 



11. Bass, (subtemperate) . . B. Australia, 31° or 32° S. to Van Die 



men's Land. 



12. Tasmanian, (cold temperate) . Van Diemen's Land. 



III. Pacific Section. 



1. Torrid Zone. 



1. Polynesian, (torrid) . . Pacific Islands of Torrid Region, 



2. Hawaiian, (N. subtorrid) . Hawaiian range of Islands. 



3. Raratongan, (S. subtorrid) . Hervey Islands and others of South 



Subtorrid Region. 



2. South Temperate Zone. 



4. Kermadec, (warm temp, and temp.) Kermadec Islands, &c. 



5. Wangaroan, (subtemperate) . Northern New Zealand. 



6. Chatham, (cold temperate) . Middle N. Z. to 46° S. and Chatham I. 



The Arctic Kingdom includes, (1.) The Norwegian, 

 north of the Atlantic ; (2.) The Kamtschatcan, north of the 

 Pacific ; (3.) The North Polar. The Antarctic Kingdom 

 includes, (1.) The Fuegian, Fuegia and Shetlands, &c. ; (2.) 

 The Aucklandian, Auckland and southern extremity of New 

 Zealand ; (3.) The South Polar. 



On the Temperatures of Running Streams during periods of 

 Frost By Richard Adie, Esq., Liverpool. 



The steady frost which prevailed at the close of the last 

 and commencement of the present year, offered to me a fa- 

 vourable opportunity of testing the temperatures of several 

 streams. These I found so exactly regulated to the freezing 

 point of water, that I have been led to reflect on the nature 

 of the process which gives this uniformity, and which I now 

 propose to endeavour to trace, in order to shew that it forms 

 the basis for the explanation of the phenomenon of ice in the 

 beds of rivers, of which those I have recently examined of- 

 fered abundant specimens. 



In this Journal, vol. 43, p. 243, I published an account 



