Index. 387 



Hodgkinson, E., Esq., remarks on the elasticity of stone and crys- 

 talline bodies, by, 108. 



Iceland, the Great Auk of, (Alca impennis), noticed, 260. 

 Intelligence, Scientific, 176. 



Justice, M., Esq., observations on the Protococcus nivalis, by, 187. 



Kane, Dr, remarks by, on the vegetable matter found on the ice 



plains of the Polar Seas, 187. 

 Kaolin of Cornwall noticed, 91. 



Light, intensity of, noticed, 188. 



Limestones, crystalline, the origin of, described, 127- 



Artificial silicification of, 377. 



Martins, M. C, Esq., his observations on the nature and origin of 

 different kinds of dry fogs, 229. 



Mallet, J. M., on the analysis of the Euclase, 1 03. 



Meteorological observations at sea, as devised by the maritime confer- 

 ence at Brussels, 81. 



observations made at the Observatory, Whitehaven, Cum- 

 berland, 1853, 249. 



Miller, John Fletcher, Esq., his meteorological observations, made 



at the Observatory, Whitehaven, Cumberland, in 1853, 249. 

 Minerals, their formation and crystallization noticed, 176. 



Paragenetic relations of, 139. 



Arctic, 375. 



Mirage of South Africa, 182. 



Moa Caves in New Zealand, noticed, 28. 

 Mollusca and shells, observations on, 74. 



Nicol, Professor, observations by, on Joachim Barrande's account of 

 the Silurian system of Central Bohemia, 310. 



Ocean, temperature of, 371. 



colour of its currents, tides, depth, and outlines of its bot- 

 tom, noticed, 152. 



Oceanic currents, 373. 



Orography of the earth's surface noticed, 1. 



Palseohydrography of the earth's surface noticed, 1. 

 Playfair, Dr Lyon, his observations on the food of man under dif- 

 ferent conditions of age and employment, 262. 

 Plants, geographical distribution of, 383. 



characteristic of nations, 381. 



