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INDEX. 
Ruins caused by fires at Edinburgh, account of measures adopted for 
pulling them down, 93. 
Salmon, notice regarding the, 412. ' 
Salmon Fisheries, epitome of the report from the Select Committee, re- 
garding those of Great Britain, 335. 
Savi, Dr Paolo, his account of the bag occasionally protruded from 
the mouth of the dromedary, 1 37, 294. 
Schouw, Professor, his account of the geographical distribution of the 
Gramineas, 128. 
Scylla, Smyth’s account of, 402. 
Skeletons, human, found in calcareous tufa in India, 409* 
Sleep continued for 451 days, account of a case of, 412. 
Spider, notice regarding that whose web is employed in medicine, 184. 
Spiritous liquors derived from trees or fruits in India, 191* 
Spiizhergen, Captains Franklin and Buchan’s Tables of summer tem- 
perature observed at, 232. 
Stanleij, Rev. E., his summary of meteorological observations from 
1815 to 1824, 300. 
Steam-carriages, notice regarding, 418. 
Strata, modern. Dr Fleming’s remarks on the, ll6. 
Strontiles of Yorkshire, notice regarding it, 178. 
Temperature of the Ocean, table of results of late observations on the 
103. 
of the Sea, as observed during Captains Franklin and 
Buchan’s voyage to Spitzbergen, 233. 
of Spitzbergen, Captains Franklin and Buchan’s tables of 
the, 232. 
of the Sun, M. Pouillet’s determination of the, 405. 
Timber trade of Russia, Dr Howison’s account of the, 57* 
Tredgold, Thomas, Esq., on the principles and practice of warming 
and ventilating buildings, 38, 260 — his account of Brown’s Gas 
Machine, 368. 
Trees, forest, of Russia, Dr Howison’s account of the, 57. 
Vases, Etruscan, Professor Hausmann’s account of the composition of, 
360. 
Water, notice regarding seeing in, 414. 
Waves of the Western Ocean and British Seas, their different charac- 
ters, 114. 
Weddel, Captain, notice of his voyage towards the South Pole, 148. 
Wernerian Natural History Society, account of its proceedings, 176, 
399- 
Wood and Iron, Mr Buchanan’s experiments on the transverse strength 
of; 154. - 
Zinc, notice regarding the art of engraving on, 415. 
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