TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
VOL. IV. 
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Recent Discoveries in Solar Physics, by Wm. L. Carpenter, B.A.,B.Sc. 1 
The Wandering Mollusk: Dreissena Polymorpha, by Thos. Graham 
Ponton, F.Z.S. ... .. 3 
Tortoise Shell, by R. Hay nes ... ... ... ... ... 3 
The Cephalopoda : their Structure and Habits, by the Rev. Frederick 
Smythe, M.A., F.G.S. ... ... ... ... ... 5 
The Typical Eaces of Mankind, by John Beddoe, M.D., Pres. Anthr. 
Soc. London ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 
A Notice of Recent Observations on Amcebse and Monads, by Henry E. 
Fripp, M.D. ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 
On the Scales and other Tegumentary Organs of Fishes, by S. H. 
Swayne, M.R.C.S. ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 
Analysis of a Report presented by the late Professor Hopkins of 
Cambridge, to the British Association, On the Theories of Eleva- 
tion and Earthquakes, by William Sanders, F.R.S., F.G.S. . 24 
Notes on a Novel Application of Tea Leaves, by a Lady Associate ... 29 
On the Cause of the Descent of Glaciers, by the Rev. Canon Moseley, 
F.R.S., Instit. Imp. Sc. Paris Corresp. ... ... ... 31 
Notes on Rain- Water collected in Bristol, by W. W. Stoddart, F.G.S.,F.C.S. 40 
Summer Excursions ... .. ... ... ... ... 43 
Sectional Meetings ... ... ... ... ... 8. 44 
Donations to the Library ... ... ... ... 8. 44 
