The Exciting Properties of Oats.

Filaria Disease.

IV. CHEMISTRY.--Preparation of Hydrogen Sulphide from Coal Gas.
By J. TAYLOR. 1 figure.

Setting of Gypsum.

V. TECHNOLOGY.--On the Preparation of Gelatine Plates. By E.
HOWARD FARMER.

Pictures on Glass.

VI. NATURAL HISTORY.--Survey of the Black Canon.

The Ancient Mississippi and its Tributaries. By J. W. SPENCER.

VII. AGRICULTURE.--The Spectral Masdevallia.--Illustration.

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LOCOMOTIVE FOR ST. GOTHARD RAILWAY.


We give engravings of one of a type of eight-coupled locomotives
constructed for service on the St. Gothard Railway by Herr T.A. Maffei,