VI 
CONTENTS. 
PAGK 
The Vocabulary of the Adelaide Tribe. By John Philip 
Gell, Esq. 109 
Terrestrial Magnetism. By Lieut. J. H. Kay, R.N., 
H.M.S. Terror, Magnetic Observatory, Hobart. 124 
Remarks on the Physalia pclagica. By Andrew Sinclair, 
Esq., Surgeon R.N. 136 
The Birds of Australia, by John Gould, Esq., F.L.S. &c. 
reviewed. 139 
Miscellanea. 
Altitudes of Mountains, &c. in Tasmania.. • 147 
The Agency of Animalcules in the Formation ot Lime¬ 
stone . 149 
Description of a Sea Slug found at Port Arthur. 152 
Mr. Eyre’s Expedition Overland from South to 
Western Australia . 153 
On Irrigation in Tasmania. By Captain A. F. Cotton, 
Madras Engineers. [Continued from page 93.] . 161 
Observations upon the Condition of young Marsupial 
Animals. By E. S. P. Bedford, Esq. 167 
On certain Varieties of Australian Coal. By Count 
Streleski. 190 
Observations on the Flora of Geelong, Port Phillip. By 
Ronald C. Gunn, Esq. 203 
Description of the Instruments employed in the Magnetieal 
Observatory, Tasmania. By Lieut. J. H. Kay, R.N., 
H.M.S. Terror, Director of the Observatory .. 207 
Addition to Observations on young Marsupial Animals. 224 
A Meteorological Table, taken from the Observations made 
at Port Arthur, from 1st July, 1837, to 30th June, 1841. 
By D.A.C.G. Lempriere. 225 
Miscellanea. 
Extracts from the Report of the President and Council 
of the. Royal Society on the Instructions for the 
Antarctic Expedition . 226 
A Sketch of the Antarctic Regions, embracing a few passing 
Remarks, Geological and Ornithological. By Robert 
McCormick, Esq., Surgeon of H.M.S. Erebus. 241 
Moral and Social Characteristics of the Aborigines of Tas¬ 
mania, as gathered from Intercourse with the surviving 
Remnant of them now located on Flinderis Island. By 
the Rev. T, Dove, late of Flinder’s Island . 247 
« 
