III.-Observations of Meteors, on the night between the 12th and 13th November 1841, made at the Magnetic Observatory at Simla. Communicated by Cap- tain J. T. Boileau, Engineers, F.R.S. &c. &c. Superintendent, IV.-On Porcelain Clay found at Mangalore. By A. T. Christie, Esq. Madras Medical Service. Communicated by Government, V.-Descriptions of three Indian Species of Bat, of the genus Taphozous. By VI.-Extracts from a Report on subjects connected with Affghanistan. By Dr. Griffith. Communicated to the Editor, from the Political Secretariat of VII-Grammar and Vocabulary of the Cashmiri Language. By M. P. Edge- Page. 679 579 Arakan Account of, By Lieutenant .... .... .1038 628 615 721 Cervus Elaphus (?) of the Sal Forest of Nepal Hodie. Note on the, By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Construction of Newman's improved Portable Barometer, and on the mode of renewing the Gauge Point when lost; with a drawing. Remarks on the, By Captain J. T. Boileau, Bengal Engineers, F. R. S., F.R. H.S. 957 Description of another New species of Pika, (Lagomys) from the Himalaya, By Edward Blyth, Curator of the Asiatic Soceity, Fossil Discoveries in the valley of Nerbudda. Notes on the, G. G. Spilsbury, Esq. Fossil Jaw, sent from Jubbulpore. Note on the, By the Acting Curator, Mr. Piddington. Gems found at Beghram Notes on the, .... .... Law of Storms in India, being remarks and documents relative to 816 626 620 613 856 664 854 Mammalia in the Museum of the Asiatic, Society. Catalogue of, By J. T. Pearson, Surgeon, Bengal Establishment; formerly Curator of the Museum, Mammals of Nepal, Classified Catalogue of, (corrected to the end of 1841, first printed in 1832,) By B. H. Hodgson, Bengal Civil Service, 907 Manganese of the Mergui Province, Report on the, By Captain G. B. Tremenheere, Marmot of the Himalaya, and of Tibet. Notice of, By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Resident at the Court of Nepal. 777 Meteors on the night between the 12th and 13th November 1841, made at the Magnetic Observatory at Simla, Observations of, communicated, By Captain J. T. Boileau, Engineers. F.R.S., &c. &c. Superintendent, .... .... Page. 576 967 ton, Esq. Officiating Curator, Museum Asiatic Society, Persian Astrolabe, Description of a, submitted to the Asiatic Society, By J. Middleton, Esq. Principal of the Government College at Agra, 759 Porcelain Clay found at Mangalore. On, By A. T. Christie, Madras Medical Service, Communicated by Government, Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 587-589-674-751-755-833-917-935 Report on subjects connected with Affghanistan, Extracts from a, By Dr. Griffith, communicated to the Editor from the office of the Political Secretariat of India, River Indus, (Sections 1 to 5.) Report on the, By Lieutenant Wood, Bombay Marine, .... 797-977 Salts, called Puchwah and Phool. Kharee. Report on, By Henry Piddington, Esq. 518 939 Scheme of a Table for all Time. By Captain R. Shortrede, Assistant Surveyor General, Second Inscription taken in facsimile from the neighbourhood of Mount Aboo. Observations on a, By Captain Burt, Bengal Estabilshment, F.R.S. 595 821 .... .... Page. 570 888 736 Second Silver Plate found at Badakshân. A Sketch of the, By Alexander Cunningham, Esq. Species of Lichens, with their Botanical relationship existing between them and the Indian productions. A connected view of the, By Henry Cope, Esq. Species of True Stag or Elaphoid form of Cervus. A general review of the, comprising those more immediately related to the Red Deer of Europe, By Edward Blyth, Curator of the Museum of the Bengal Asiatic Society, Table of Proportional Logarithms, By Captain Robert Shortrede, Three Indian Species of Bat, of the genus Taphozous. Descriptions of, By Edward Blyth, Curator to the Asiatic Society, Tin of the Province of Mergui. Report on the, By Captain G. B. Tremenheere, Executive Engineer, Tenasserim Division, Undescribed Bird, Native of the Eastern Islands. Note on a, By Captain Hay, (?) in a letter to the Editor, 573 Wild Sheep, a Monograph of the Species of, By Edward Blyth, Curator to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 858 JOURNAL ASIATIC OF THE SOCIETY. On the Natural Products about the Pundeelah River, H. H. the Nizam's territory.-By DR. WALKER, Madras Army. I marched from Pakhall on the 7th instant in a North-westerly direction towards Madhapore, which I reached on the 13th. I remained there for five days, when I proceeded to this place, deviating from the direct route by going ten miles up the Pundeelah river. At Dogundah, the first stage on the march from Pakhall, so deep was the soil, that I experienced considerable difficulty in procuring a specimen of the surface rock. Upon obtaining one, I found it to consist of sienitic granite, with a considerable quantity of mica interspersed. One of those greenstone veins so commonly met with, was found traversing the rock in the usual direction from East to West to near the next stage, Korapack. Here, in some places of the plain, the granite was observed to lose its hornblende and mica altogether, and become the pegmatite of French writers. The great proneness of the felspar to decompose in this form of granite, is shewn by the brackish water of the neighbourhood; and here it may be remarked that, within the tropics, where from the great heat and other causes, there is a continual tendency to decomposition and recomposition, it necessarily appears that wells sunk in rocks containing alkali, particularly if lime is present in the soil, must ever contain water more or less impure, and that the impurity will always be found in a direct ratio to the facility with which the rock disintegrates. It must also follow as a consequence, that the older the well No. 115. NEW SERIES, No. 31. 3 s is, the worse the water; for the salts that occasion the brackishness are by no means removed on their contents being drawn out, or evaporated; but adhere to the sides of the well, or being extremely soluble, as they all are, impregnate the bottom mud to some depth. May not the proverbial unhealthiness of old deserted cities be in a great measure attributable to the water reservoirs being all in the same state? At the next stage, Gunpoora, the elevations to the right were ascertained to be of the sandstone formation, similar to that of Pakhall. The granite continued for some miles to be the surface rock; but it finally disappeared at Chintakaminah, the stage next to Madhapore, where its place was taken by the sandstone. Between Senapore and Madhapore, the country, particularly after entering the Chinnore Sircar at Chumblepore, is exceedingly jungly. The wood jungle, which commences at the last mentioned place, consists of the trees formerly noticed in the description of Pakhall, with the addition of two or three Gardenias. Two species of Bignoria, the crispa and quadulocularis, the Schrebera Swietienoides, a species of Cordia, the Strychnos Potatorum, the Randea dumetorum, the Terminalia Chebula, two species of Casearia and Celastrus raniculata; the last a climbing shrub. Of the grains and legumes cultivated in this Sircar, there is little or no difference between them and those of Hunumkondah, mentioned in my first letter. The Linum usitatissimum is grown here in small quantity, but a good deal is imported from Chandah. Its oil is chiefly used by the sawyers. A species of Capsicum, known in Western India by the name of Nepal chilly, is grown here. Cotton is also raised, but in very small quantity. The Goands who inhabit the hills and fastnesses of the north, use the bamboo seeds, ground to a meal, and mixed with milk, as an article of diet. Cattle, buffaloes included, present nothing remarkable. The latter, as elsewhere in other parts of India, are used for draught. There are flocks of sheep, with the brown wool, here; it is not esteemed of much value, and is chiefly sent to Chandah in the Nagpore territory. The Goands bring in hides of the Samber* and Nilgye† for sale; the price is from eight annas to twelve annas each. *Samber or Samur. The Indian Elk. + Nilghye. |