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had lately shared in a religious excursion to Wandipore. Cattle are 

 not frequent. There were some pigs. The fowls were of the most 

 miserable description, and very scarce. In spite of offers of purchase 

 and plenty of promises, we were throughout allowed three a day, 

 and they were rather smaller than pigeons. Towards the latter end 

 of our stay rice became bad and scarce. There are a great number 

 of Assamese slaves about Punukka : indeed, all the agricultural work, 

 as well as that of beasts of burden, appears to devolve upon these 

 unfortunate creatures, who are miserably provided for, and perhaps 

 dirtier than a genuine Bootea himself. On the 9th May at noon we 

 left Punukka, the most uninviting place I have ever seen in a hilly 

 country. On the morning of the same day there was a demonstra- 

 tion in the palace of great boldness ; the roof of the northern side 

 was covered with troops, who shouted, fired, and waved banners. 

 We crossed both bridges of the palace without any interruption or 

 annoyance, at which I was most agreeably surprised ; and then gra- 

 dually ascended the right flank of the valley, following the course of 

 the united rivers, Patchien and Matchien. We proceeded in this di- 

 rection for some time, until we came on a ravine affording an outlet 

 to a tributary of the Punukka river, which we then followed, gradually 

 descending through fir woods until we reached the torrent. Crossing 

 this, which is a small one, we commenced the ascent to Telagong, 

 which we soon reached. 



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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 

 A Report on the- Progress of Vegetable Physiology during the year 

 1837. By F. J. F. Meyen, M.D., Professor of Botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Berlin. Translated from the German, by William 

 Francis, A.L.S. London, 1839. 8vo. pp. 158. 

 To those who are interested in the cultivation of science it might 

 appear superfluous to recommend such a work as this ; and yet the 

 delay in its appearance, caused by the want of a suflficient number 

 of subscribers at its very moderate price to cover the mere expenses 

 of publication, seems to indicate that it is not sufficiently known or 

 appreciated. No one can now assume any elevated position in bo- 

 tanical science who is not conversant with the structure and physi- 

 ology of plants, as well as with their external forms and aspects. 

 The time when the acquirements of a naturalist were measured by 

 the number of species he had collected is now, we trust, gone by for 

 ever, and names and classifications are looked upon by the man of 



