CONTENTS. 



Art. I. A Period in the History of our Planet. By 

 Louis Agassiz, Doctor of Philosophy and 

 Medicine, LL.D. of Edinburgh and Dublin, 

 Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of 

 Prussia, Professor of Natural History in the 

 Academy of Neuchatel, &c., &c., . Page 1 

 II. On the Migratory Tribes of Natives in Cen- 

 tral India. Communicated by Edward 

 Balfour, Esq., Assistant- Surgeon. Com- 

 municated by the Author, . . 29 

 The Gohur, called by Europeans and Natives Ein- 



jari or Lumbari, . . -29 



Hirn-Shikarry or Hirn-Pardy, — the Hunters, . 34 



The Taremook, or Wandering Blacksmith, . . 36 



TheKorawa, . . . . -37 



The Teling Korawa, or Korawa of Telingana, . 39 



The Bhatoo, . . . . .41 



The Muddikpor, ..... 44 



III. Description of an Improved Water Meter, in- 

 vented by Mr Alexander Mitchell, Watch 

 and Clock Maker, Glasgow. By James 

 Thomson, Esq., F. R. S. E., M.R.I. A., 

 F.R.S.S.A., Civil Engineer, Glasgow. (With 

 a Plate.) Communicated by the Royal 

 Scottish Society of Arts, . . .48 



IV. Description, with Drawing-, of a Self-Acting 

 Stopper for Winding-Engines. By Mr 

 John Maxton, F.R.S.S.A., Engineer, late 

 of Greenock, now of Leith. (With a Plate.) 



