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CONTENTS. 
ETHNOLOGY. 
Mr. C. T. Beke on the Origin of the Gallas . lU 
Major-Geucral ou the Aboriginal Tribes of India. IH 
Chevalier Bdnsen oq certain new Vocabularies from the Eastern Coast of Afria IIJ 
Mr. John Crawpoho ou the Malay Languages. HI 
Mr. Duncan's llcmarks during a Journey from Whydah to Adafoodia.. Hi 
Mr. A. K. IsBiSTBk on the Chippewyan Indians ..... hi 
“ - on the Nehonut Tribe of a Koloochian Class of Americto 
Indians... ... ... 
- on the Lonchcux Indians....... ... 
Professor Jabrett on the Lexicography of the Semitic and Indo-GennAiuc 
Languages ... 
Dr. Lane on the French Lnoguage . .. .. . ... . 
Dr. R. G. Latham on the Shycnne Numerals. . . . 
-— on a Muskito Grammar and Vocabular)'. .. 
--on a Botocudo Vocabulary . .. 
- - on some Tiimaii Words from Dr. Tutschek’s V'ocabulary - 
-on some Fazuglo Words from Dr. Tutschek’s Vocabularv 
Professor Newman’s Notice of the Ghadomsi Dialect of Berber .. 
Dr. J. C. PuicHAUD on the Position of Ethnology as a Science . 
Mr. J. Richardson on a native Tuuarick Alphabet, with the correspoDding 
Arabic and English Letters ......*. 
Dr. Norton Shaw on the Races of the Ciinbric Chersonese . . 
Dr. Lawrence Tutschbk on the Researches of the late Charles Tutsebd 
into the Galla, Tumali, and other African Languages . 
- - ' - on a Vocabulary of the Fazoglo Language. 
Dr. WiLUAM Twining on the Buriats and Tungusians . 
— QU jIjq Aleutian Islanders..... 
M. Ray.uond de Vericook on the Ethnological Outlines of France. 
Professor Wilson on the Tribes between India and China . 
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ADDENDUM TO GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY- 
Captain L. L. Boscawen Ibbbtson’s and Mr. J. Morris’s Notice of the G»- 
logy of the Neighbourhood of Stamford and Peterborough... 
MECHANICS. 
Messrs. Clarke and Varley on the advantages to be obtained by the 
of the Elastic Malleable Iron Tube, as a means of developing the prm«P‘^ 
Atmospheric propulsion on Railways. ijj 
Mr. J. Glynn on the Turbine. . 
Professor E. HoneKiNSON's Experiments on the Strength of Iron Columo^j 
Mr. J. P. Phipps on the Application of the Wave System of Mr. Scott Ru 
to the construction of Sailing Vessels. . 
Mr. G. Rennie on the Iron Lock-gates of Sevastopol.*'" • liidog 
Mr. W. S. War© on an Apparatus for giving Light under Water i® jj! 
operations.......... 
