INDEX. 



693 



Page 



Snow, appear to feed on Wool, 264. — Blindness in 

 the, ib. — Its supposed Causes, 265. — Other Diseases 



of, 268. 



Ships, Greenland, lost in the Ice, - ii. 310 

 Shores of Britain, account of the Encroachments of the 



Sea upon 4^4 



Shrew, Water, described, - 238 



Slate-Clay of Papa Stour described, - i. 166 



of the Ochils, - ii. 13 



, near St Andrew's, - 148 



of the Middle District of Scotland, - 628 



Society, History of the - 635 



Sorex fodiens, description of - 238 



Spar, Heavy, Veins of, in East Lothian, - i. 476 



Veins of, in the Ochils, - ii. 22 



Calc, Veins of, in East Lothian, - i. 477 



. Veins of, in the Ochils, - ii. 21 



Pearl, Analysis of, by Hisinger of Stockholm, 



ii. 174 — Result of the Analysis, I77. 

 Speculations, Mineralogical observations and, by Profes- 

 sor Jameson, - 221 



Sponges, Essay on, by George Montagu, with descrip- 

 tions of the British Specie^, ii. 67. — Differences of 

 opinion regarding the natui eof, 71. — Chemical Ana- 

 lysis, the surest mode of distinguishing Animal from 

 Vegetable Substances, 73. — Food of Sponges simi- 

 lar to that of Plants, 75. — Description of the Spe- 

 cies, 78. 



Squalus, Dr Leach's observations on the Oenus, ii. 6I. 

 — New Genera proposed by, G2. — Squalus selano- 

 nus, 64. 



Steatite, Veins of, in the Ochils, - ii. 21 



Stevenson, Robert, his observations upon the Alveus or 

 General Bed of the German Ocean and British Chan- 

 nel, - - 464 

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