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CONTENTS. 
Note on the Bisulphide of Iodine. By Frederick Guthrie, . 417 
Notice of an Expeditious Method (believed to be new) for Com- 
puting the Time of Descent in a Circular Arc. By Edward 
Sang, Esq., ....... 419 
Note on a Modification of the Apparatus employed for one of 
Ampere’s Fundamental Experiments in Electrodynamics. By 
Professor Tait, . . . . . .421 
Memoir of the late Rev. Dr John Fleming. By Alexander Bryson, 
Esq., . . . . . . .423 
On Zoological Classification, and the Parallelism of the Mammal, 
Marsupial, and Ornithic Classes. By Professor Macdonald, . 423 
On the Properties of the Secretion of the Human Pancreas. By 
William Turner, M.B. (Loud.), Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy, 
University of Edinburgh, ..... 425 
On the Acrid Fluid of the Toad ( Bufo vulgaris). By John Davy, 
M.D., F.R.SS. Lond. and Edin., .... 426 
On Gyrolite occurring with Calcite in Apophyllite in the Trap of the 
Bay of Fundy. By Henry How, Professor of Chemistry and 
Natural History, King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, . 426 
On Natro- boro -calcite and another Borate occurring in the Gypsum 
of Nova Scotia. By Henry How, Professor of Chemistry and 
Natural History in King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, . 428 
On some Derivatives from the Olefines. By Frederick Guthrie, 
Professor of Chemistry and Physics in the Royal College, Mau- 
ritius, ....... 433 
On the Molecular Theory of Organisation. By Professor Bennett, 
M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., . . . . . .436 
Notices of Early Scottish Planting. By Professor Cosmo Innes, . 446 
Additional Observations on the Chronology of the Trap Rocks of 
Scotland. By Archibald Geikie, Esq., F.G.S., . . 453 
Notes on Ancient Glaciers, made during a brief visit to Chamouni 
and its Neighbourhood in September 1860. By David Milne- 
Home, Esq. of Wedderburn, ..... 454 
On the Aqueous Origin of Granite. By Alexander Bryson, 
P.R.S.S.A., . . . . . . .456 
Notes of Excursions to the Higher Ranges of the Anamalai Hills, 
South India, in 1858 and 1859. By Hugh Cleghorn, M.D., 
F.L.S., Conservator of Forests, Madras Presidency, . . 460 
On the Contractions suffered by Sulphuric Acid on being Mixed 
with Water. By Dr Lyon Playfair, C.B., . . . 463 
On the Constitution of Anthracene or Paranaphthaline and some of 
its Products of Decomposition. By Professor Anderson, . 463 
Opening Address. Session 1860-61. By the Very Reverend 
Dean Ramsay, ...... 468 
On the Climate of Palestine in Modern compared to Ancient Times. 
By Principal Forbes, . . . . .511 
Biographical Notice of Andrew Dalzel, Professor of Greek in the 
University of Edinburgh. By Professor Innes, . 512 
Note on the Phosphorescence of Berde. By Professor Allman, . 518 
