CONTENTS OF VOL. XII 
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Steamships eor the Channel Passage. By C. W. Merrifield, 
F.K.S. Illustrated ... ... ... ... 1 
On Explosions oe Eike-damp in Coal-mines ; theie, Causes 
AND Mode op Pkevention. By A. H. Green, M.A., F.G.S. ... 14 
/Ibow to Make a Geological Map. By H. B. Woodward, F.G.S. 
Blustrated ... • ... ... ... ... 26 
The Battle op Lipe among Plants. By M. T. Masters, M.B., 
F.E.S 65 
The Poisonous Snakes op India. By Prof. J. E. Greene, B.A., 
M.D. Illustrated ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 
Hallucinaky Manipestations. By Dr. EicEardson, F.E.S. ... 59 
Man AND Apes. Parti. By St. George Mivart, F.E.S. Illustrated 118 
The Lost Comet and Its Meteor- tkain By E. A. Proctor, B.A. 139 
Curiosities op Vegetable Morphology. By H. J. Slack, F.G.S. 
Illustrated ... ... ... 150 
Physical Geography op the Mediterranean during the Pleis- 
tocene Age. By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.E.S. Illustrated 159 
Torpedoes. By A. H. Atteridge. Illustrated ... ... ... 169 
Parasitism on Flowering Plants. By II. Trimen, M.B., F.L.S. 
Illustrated 225 
How TO Sketch the Moon. By the Eev. T. Webb, M.A., F.E.A.S. 234 
Man and Apes. Part II. By St. George Mivart, F.E.S. Illustrated 243 
Gramme Machine; or, the New Electric Light on the Clock 
Tower, Westminster. By M. F. O’Eeilly, B.C.S. Illustrated 265 
Mental Powers op Birds. By A. L, Adams, M.B., F.E.S. ... 276 
Eecent Observations on the Fertilisation op Plants. By A. 
W. Bennett, M.A., F.L.S. Illustrated ... 337 
News prom Jupiter. By E. A. Proctor, B.A. 348 
