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CONTENTS. 
Meteorological Table, extracted from the Register kept 
by Lord Gray at Kinfauns Castle, North Britain, 405-408 
GEOGNOSY. 
n. Human Skeletons found inclosed in Calcareous Tufa in 
India. 12. Hyaena Caves in Devonshire. 13. Remains 
of the Fossil Elephant found in Ayrshire, 409 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
14. Frequency of Goitres, especially among Women, in the 
river district of Paraiba, - - 410 
ZOOLOGY. 
15. Acute Rheumatism observed in the Horse. l6. Salmon 
of different Rivers can be distinguished from each 
other, - - - - 411, 412 
PHYSIOLOGY. 
17 . Case of Sleep continuing for 451 days. 18. Quantity of 
Blood in Animals. I 9 . On the Causes of Animal Heat. 
20, Lizars on the Ovaria. 21. Seeing in Water, 412-414 
CHEMISTRY. 
22. Presence of Mercury in Common Salt. 23. Reid’s Acade- 
mical Examinations, ' - - 414, 415 
ARTS. 
24. Composition of an Ink similar to China Ink. 25. Engra- 
ving on Zinc. 26. Observations regarding the Alcanna 
of the Orientals, or Egyptian henne. 27- Native Oil of 
Laurel used in Spanish Guyana. 28. Chica, a Pigment 
used by the Indians of the Orinoko. 29* Brotvn’s Pneu- 
matic Engine. 30. Loco-motion Steam-carriage, 415-418 
Art. XXIX. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 2d De- 
cember 1824 to 7th March 1825, - 418 
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