"It will flourish, if naturalists, chemists, antiquaries, philologers, and men of science, in different
parts of Asia will commit their observations to writing, and send them to the Asiatic Society
in Calcutta ; it will languish, if such communications shall be long intermitted; and will die away,
if they shall entirely cease."-SIR WM. JONES.

CALCUTTA :

BISHOP'S COLLEGE PRESS.

1841.

CONTENTS.

No. 115.

1.-On the Natural Products about the Pundeelah River, H. H. the Nizam's

territory. By Dr. Walker, Madras Army,

II.-Report on the River Indus, (Sections 1 to 5.) By Lieut. Wood, Bombay i

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III.-A Sketch of the second Silver Plate found at Badakshân. By Alexander

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Cunningham, Esq.

IV.-Note by Capt. Hay, on a Bird Native of the Eastern Islands, undescrib-

ed (?) in a letter to the Editor,

V.--Examination of some decayed Oriental Works in the Library of the Asia-

tic Society. By H. Piddington, Esq. Officiating Curator, Museum Asiatic

Society,

VI.-On Bos Gaurus. By W. Elliot, Esq. M. C. S., from Madras Journal of

Literature,

VII.-Proceedings of a Special Meeting held at the Asiatic Society's Rooms,

VIII. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society,

I.-Scheme of a Table for all Time. By Capt. R. Shortrede, Assistant Surveyor

General,

II.-Notes on the Gems found at Beghram. By J. S. Chapman, Esq. Assistant

Surgeon, 16th Lancers,

III.-Letter to the Secretary of the Asiatic Society on the Cataclysm of the

Indus, from Dr. Falconer, Saharunpoor.

IV.-Note on the Fossil Jaw, sent from Jubbulpore by Dr. Spilsbury. By the

Acting Curator, Mr. Piddington,

V.-Notes on Fossil Discoveries in the valley of the Nerbudda. By G. G. Spils-

bury, Esq.

VI.—Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By J. T.

Pearson, Surgeon, formerly Curator of the Museum,

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VII. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By

J. T. Pearson, Surgeon, Bengal Establishment; formerly Curator of the

Museum,

VIII.-Inscription taken from a Baolee at Bussuntgurh, at the foot of the

Southern range of Hills running parallel to Mount Aboo. By T. S. Burt,

F.R.S. Captain, Bengal Engineers,

IX-Proceedings of the Asiatic Society,

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I.-Account of Arakan. By Lieut. Phayre, Senior Assistant Commissioner,

Arakan,

II.-Table of proportional Logarithms. By Captain Robert Shortrede,

III.-Memorandum on Nurma Cotton. By H. Piddington, Esq.

IV.-Report on some articles of Trade sent by Lieut. Postans from Khorassan.

By H. Piddington, Esq.

V.-Note on the Cervus Elaphus (?) of the Sâl Forest of Nepâl Hodie, C.

Affinis, nob. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq.

VI.-Notes and Observations in continuation from Dr. Walker, Madras Medi-

cal Service, on a tour in H. H. the Nizam's Territories,

VII.-A general Review of the Species of True Stag, or Elaphoid form of

Cervus, comprising those more immediately related to the Red Deer of

Europe. By Edward Blyth, Curator of the Museum of the Bengal Asiatic

Society,

VIII.-Proceedings of the Asiatic Society,

IX.-Special Meeting held on the 24th September 1841, of the Committee of

Papers,

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I.-Description of a Persian Astrolabe, submitted to the Asiatic Society by

Major Pottinger. By J. Middleton, Esq. Principal of the Government

College at Agra,

II. Notice of the Marmot of the Himalaya and of Tibet. By B. H. Hodgson,

Esq. Resident at the Court of Nepal,

III.-Memorandum on the Organization of a Museum of Economic Geology

for the North-Western Provinces of British India, to be established at Agra.

By Lieut. W. Baird Smith, Bengal Engineers.

IV.-On a New Organ in the Genus Moschus. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. ¡

Resident at the Court of Nepal,

V.-Extracts from a Report on subjects connected with Affghanistan. By Dr.

Griffith, communicated to the Editor from the office of the Political Secre-

VI.-Description of another new species of Pika, (Lagomys) from the Hima-

laya. By Edward Blyth, Curator of the Asiatic Society.

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VII.-Literal Translation of the Vasanta-Gurh Inscription. By Pundit Suro-

daha Prasadh,

VIII. Observations on a second Inscription taken in fac-simile from the neigh-

bourhood of Mount Aboo. By Captain Burt, Bengal Establishment, F. R. S.` 821

IX.-A letter to the Secretary, on the Nurma Cotton of Bundelcund, from J.

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X.-Letter to the Editor, on Lichens in the Himalayas, from Henry Cope, Esq.

XI.-Proceedings of the Asiatic Society

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No. 119.

I.-Report on the Tin of the Province of Mergui. By Captain G. B. Tremen-

heere, Executive Engineer, Tenasserim Division.

II.-Report on the Manganese of the Mergui Province. By Captain G. B.

Tremenheere,

III.-Of a new species of Lagomys inhabiting Nepal, (with Plate,) Lagomys

Nepalensis, Nob. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Resident at the Court of Nepal

IV. Notice of a new form of the Glaucopinæ, or Rasorial Crows, inhabiting

the Northern region of Nepal, Conostoma Æmodius, (Nobis type.) By B.

H. Hodgson, Esq. Resident at the Court of Nepal.

V.-A Monograph of the species of Wild Sheep. By Edward Blyth, Curator

to the Asiatic Society of Bengal,

VI.-A connected view of the species of Lichens, with their Botanical relation-

ship existing between them and the Indian productions. By Henry

Cope, Esq.

VII.-A Fourth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India, being remarks and do-

cuments relative to the loss of the ship Golconda, in the Tyfoons of 22nd to

24th September 1840, in the China Sea. By Henry Piddington, Esq.

VIII.-Classified Catalogue of Mammals of Nepal, (corrected to the end of 1841,

first printed in 1832). By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Bengal Civil Service,

IX. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, for November,

X.-Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, for December,

I.-Report to the Secretary of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium, on the

Salts called Puckwah and Phool Kharee, with a process for detecting the

adulteration of Government Salt, estimates of the quantities of both Salts

annually produced, and of the amount of loss which the Revenue may sus-

tain through the production of these two articles. By Henry Piddington,

Esq.

II.-Remarks by Capt. J. T. Boileau, Bengal Engineers F.R.S., F.R.H.S.,
on the Construction of Newman's improved Portable Barometer, and on the
mode of renewing the Guage Point when lost,