REPORT AND TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

DEVONSHIRE ASSOCIATION

FOR

THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE,
AND ART.

[DARTMOUTH, JULY, 1869.]

VOL. III.

PLYMOUTH:

W. BRENDON & SON, 26, GEORGE STREET.

1869.

ASHMOLEAN

OXFORD

MUSEUM

19 MAY 1952

The President's Address

OBITUARY NOTICE. T. F. Barham, M.B., Cantab.

On Spontaneous Generation: or, the Origin of Life. By Edward

Parfitt

On the Protozoa of Devonshire. By Edward Parfitt

A Catalogue of the Protozoa of Devonshire. With Notes and Obser-

vations. By Edward Parfitt

Notice of Molars of Hippopotamus Major stated to have been found in

Kent's Cavern, Torquay. By G. Wareing Ormerod, M.A., F.G.S.

Notice of the Occurrence of Scapolite at Chagford, Devon. By G.

Wareing Ormerod, M.A., F.G.S.

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Statistics Social and Scientific. By Sir J. Bowring, LL.D., F.R.S.
On the Feasibility and Advisability of holding Industrial and Art
Exhibitions at the Annual Meetings of this Association. By J.
Phillips

The Rainfall on the St. Mary Church Road, Torquay, during the five
years ending December 31st, 1868. By W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S.

On the Submerged Forest at Blackpool, near Dartmouth, South Devon.

By W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S.

On the Antiquity of Dartmouth. By Dr. Newman

Strictures on Microscopic Philosophizing. By James Jerwood, M.A.

Fossil Elephant's Tooth. By P. O. Hutchinson

On Extraordinary Agitations of the Sea not produced by Winds or

Tides; with a refutation of the new Theory thereon. By Richard

Edmonds

The Rainfall in Devonshire during 1868. By W. Pengelly, F.R.S.,

F.G.S., &c.

On the Application of Weight to test the Figure of the Earth.

James Jerwood, M.A., F.G.S., F.C.P.S.

On Science and Art as a Branch of National Education. By E.

The Literature of Kent's Cavern. Part II. Including the whole of

the Rev. J. Mac. Enery's Manuscript. By W. Pengelly, F.R.S.,

F.G.S., &c.

On the alleged occurrence of Hippopotamus Major and Machairodus

Latidens, in Kent's Cavern, Torquay. By W. Pengelly, F.R.S.,

F.G.S., &c.

Notes on the Pre-historic Archaeology of East Devon. Part II. By

Rev. R. Kirwan, M.A.

The Limits of Philosophical Inquiry. By Rev. J. Erskine Risk, M.a.

The Origin and Appropriation of Stonehenge. By Rev. R. Kirwan, M.A.

List of Members

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REV. W. HARPLEY, M.A., F.C.P.S., Clayhanger, Tiverton.