CONTENTS. iii 
Art. XVII, On a Singular luminous property of Wood, 
steeped in Solutions of Lime and Magnesia, .343 
XVIII. Account of the Sepulchral Caverns of Egypt. 
With a Plate. By Colonel Straton, C. B. 6th 
Dragoons. Communicated by the Author, 345 
XIX. On the Volcano, called by the Japanese Coosima, 
and situated in the neighbourhood of Cape San- 
gar, in the Archipelago of Japan. By Dr Tile- 
sius, Russian Counsellor of State, and Member 
of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Peters- 
burgh, of the Wernerian Natural History Society, 
&c. &c. &c. Communicated by the Author, 349 
XX. On the Volcanoes of Auvergne. By Charles 
Daubeny, M. D. M. G. S. In a Letter to Pro- 
fessor Jameson, _ » - 359 
X'XI. Account of the Discovery of New South Shet- 
land, with observations on its Importance in a 
Geographical, Commercial, and Political point 
of view ; with two Plates. By Mr J. Miers. 
Communicated by Mr Hodgskin, - 367 
XXIL Extract from the Journal of Captain Henry 
King of the Elizabeth, - - 380 
XXIII. Description of a Volcanic Eruption in the Island 
of Sumbawa. By Mr G. A. Stewart, 389 
XXIV. Some Observations on the Solar Eclipse, Septem- 
ber 7. 1820. By Thomas Johnson, Esq. 392 
XXV. Quarterly Abstract of the Diurnal Variation of 
the Magnetic Needle, &c. By Colonel Beau- 
FOY, F. R. S. - - - 394 
XXVI. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 395 
XXVII. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 
Society, - - - 397 
XXVIH. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical So- 
ciety, - - - ib. 
XXIX. Scientific Intelligence, - - 398- 
I. natural philosophy. 
Astronomy. 1. Observatory at Gottingen. 2. Comet of 1819* 
3. Figure of the Sun, - - 398, 409 
Optics. 4. Case of Lateral Mirage, - - 409 
Magnetism. 5. On the Dip of the Needle and the Intensity 
of the Magnetic Force. 6. Magnetic Equator, - 401 
