New Publication)!, 201 



teristic anatomical details, and preparatory states. The numerous 

 figures with which these volumes are illustrated, which add so pre- 

 eminently to its value, are, in almost every instance, original, and 

 drawn by the author himself. Mr Westwood, with great modesty, 

 says, " I have endeavoured to make my work a fitting " Sequel" to 

 the " Introduction to Entomology of Messrs Kirby and Spence." 



6. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited by the Acting Secre- 

 taries. Year 1839. 



Number for June contains — 1. Narrative of an Expedition into 

 the Naga territory of Assam. By E. R. Grange, Esq. — 2. Report 

 by Lieut. J. Glasfurd, Engineer, on the progress made up to the \st 

 May 1839, ow opening the Experimental Copper Mines of Kumaon. 

 — 3. Account of a Journey from Sumbulpur to Mednipur, through 

 the forests of Orissa. By Lieut. M. Kittoe (continued) — 4. Mr Mid- 

 dleton on the Meteors of August 10. 1839. — 5. On the mode of pre- 

 paring the Perfumed Oils of Jasmine and Bela. By Dr Jackson. 

 — 6. Report on the Assam Tea Plantations. By C. A. Bruce, Esq. 

 Number for July. — 1. On the Bora Chung, or the Ground Fish 

 of Bootan. By J. T. Pearson, Esq. — 2. On the Gale and Hurri- 

 cane in the Bay of Bengal, on the 3c?, 4^/*, and bill of June 1839, 

 being a first Memoir in reference to the Theory of the Law of Storms 

 in India. By H. Piddington, Esq. — 3. Note on the " Trochilus and 

 Crocodile* of Herodotus. By W. C. Hurry, Esq. — 4. Documents 

 relative to the application of Camel-Draught to Carriages ; com- 

 municated by C. B. Greenlaw, Esq 5. Continuation of Lieut. M. 



Kittoe^s Journey through the Forests of Orissa. — 6. Meteorological 

 Register. 



Number for August. — 1. Part 2c? of Researches on the Gale and 

 Hurricane in the Bay of Bengal on the 3d, 4th, and 5th June 1839. 



By H. Piddington, Esq 2. Extracts from Mr M. M'Clelland's 



paper on the India Cyprinidce. — 3. On the Smelting of the Iron- 

 Ore of the District of Burdwan. — 4. On the habits of the Coel, and 

 on the Discovery of Isinglass. By Major Davidson. — 5.' Note on the 

 Scapes of Xanthorheea and Fossil Stems of Lepidodendra. By Lieut. 

 N. Vicary. — 6. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. — 7. Meteorologi- 

 cal Register, 



List of Patents granted in Scotland from \Sth March to l%th 



June 1840. 



1. To Joseph Schofield of Littleborougli, in the county of Lancaster, 

 cotton-spinner and fustian manufacturer, and Edmund Leach of Little- 

 borough, aforesaid, manager of cotton-spinners and weavers, for an inven- 

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