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THE JOURNA L
OF THE
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
OF
LONDON.
VOLUME THE FIFTH.
1835.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXXV.
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
Stamford Street,
CONTENTS TO VOLUME V.
ARTICLE
I.-Congelation of the Neva at St. Petersburgh, and Tempera-
ture of its Waters when covered with Ice
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II.-Remarks on the Heavy Swell along some of the West India
Islands, commonly called "Ground" or North Sea;
and on the Set and Velocity of the Tides, and the Effects
produced by their transporting power, among the Virgin
Islands
III.-Extracts from private Memoranda kept by Lord Prudhoe on a
Journey from Cairo to Sennar, in 1829; describing the
Peninsula of Sennar
IV.-Notes on Upper California
V.-On the General Outline and Physical Configuration of the Bo-
livian Andes; with Observations on the Line of Perpetual
Snow upon the Andes, between 15° and 20° South Latitude
VI.-On the Southern Affluents of the River Amazons.
1. Translations from a MS. (1799) on the Advantages to be de-
rived from the Navigation of the Rivers which flow from
the Cordilleras of Peru into the Maranon or Amazon.
2. An Official Report (1827) on the River Beni and the Coun-
tries through which it flows
VII.-Remarks on the Voyages to the Northern Hemisphere,
ascribed to the Zeni of Venice
VIII.--Memoir on the Island of Socotra
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101
129
IX.--An Account of the Ovahs, a race of people residing in the
Interior of Madagascar: with a Sketch of their Country,
Appearance, Dress, Language, &c.
230
X.-Communications on the Island of Ascension
243
XI.-Notes made on a Survey along the Eastern Shores of the
Persian Gulf in 1828 .
XII.-Notes on Bruce's Chart of the Coasts of the Red Sea
XIII.-Notes on a Collection of Plants from Tehama