PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



vol. lxx. No. 465. 



CONTENTS. 



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Preliminary Report on the Recent Eruption of the Soufriere, in St. Vincent, 

 and of a Visit to Mont Pelee, in Martinique. By Tempest Anderson, 

 M.D., B.Sc., F.O.S., and John S. Flett, M.A., D.Sc, F.O.S. Com- 

 municated by the Secretaries op the Royal Society. Received 

 August 11, 1902. (Plates 11-13) , . . . . . .423 



On the Toxic Properties of the Saliva of certain <{ Non-poisonous " Colu- 

 brines. By A. Alcock, M.B., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Zoology, and 

 Leonard Rogers, M.D., B.S. (Lond.), M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Officiating 

 Professor of Pathology in the Medical College of Bengal . . . 446 



The Influence of High Pressures of Oxygen on the Circulation of the Blood. 

 By Leonard Hill, M.B., F.R.S., and J. J. R. Macleod, M.B., 

 Mackinnon Research Scholar of the Royal Society 454 



The Influence of an Atmosphere of Oxygeu on the Respiratory Exchange. 

 By Leonard Hill, M.B., F.R.S., and John J. R. Macleod, M.B., 

 Mackinnon Research Scholar of the Royal Society 455 



Effects of Strain on the Crystalline Structure of Lead. By J. C. W. 

 Humprey, B.Sc. (Vict.), 1851 Exhibition Research Scholar (University 

 College, Liverpool), St. John's College, Cambridge. Communicated by 

 Professor Ewing, F.R.S . . . . 462 



On the Correlation between tbe Barometric Height at Stations on the Eastern 

 Side of the Atlantic. By Miss F. E. Cave-Browne-Cave, Research 

 Student of Girton College, Cambridge, with some assistance from Karl 

 Pearson, F.R.S., University College, London 465 



August 22, 1902. 



