CONTENTS, 
4. The Past and Present Life of the Globe, being a Sketch 
of the World’s Life System. By Davin Paces, 
F.G.S. Blackwood and Sons. 1861, 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES :— 
Royal Society of Edinburgh, 
Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, . 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE :— 
GEOLOGY. 
1. On the Geology of the Country between Lake Superior 
and the Pacific Ocean (between 48° and 55° paral- 
lels of latitude), explored by the Government Ex- 
ploring Expedition under the command of Captain 
J. Palliser (1857-60). By James Hecror, M.D., 
METEOROLOGY. 
2. On the Prevalence of certain forms of Disease in con- 
nection with Hail and Snow Showers, and the 
Electric Condition of the Atmosphere. By Dr 
Tuomas Morrat, F.G.S. 3. Tweeddale Prize for 
Meteorological Observations. 4. Stephens on Me- 
teorological Phenomena, 5. On the Temperature 
of the Harth’s Crust as exhibited by Thermometri- 
cal Observations obtained during the sinking of 
the Deep Mine at Dukinfield. By W. Farrpairn, 
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