432 New Publications. 



-from the perusal of this volume ; and are sure that the minute 

 and interesting details it contains regarding many of the most 

 curious geological features of our vicinity, and the useful map, 

 sections, and numerous woodcuts by which it is illustrated, will 

 afford much information to the geologist, and will prove a va- 

 luable ffuide to the traveller. 



0. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited by Mr Prinsep. — 

 Numbers for April, May, June, and July 1838, Calcutta ; and Messrs 

 W. H. Allen & Co. London. 



In these numbers we find the following articles immediately 

 connected with physical science : — 



April — Note of a visit to the Niti Pass of the Grand Hima- 

 layan Chain, by J. H. Batten, Esq. C. S. Additional notice 

 on the Geography of Cochin China, by the Most Reverend 

 Jean Louis, Bishop of Isauropolis. — On the Reg-Ruwan or 

 Moving Sand, a singular phenomenon of sound near Cabul, 

 with a sketch, by Captain Alexander Burnes. — A letter to'Dr 

 Heifer on the Zoology of Tenasserim and the neighbouring 

 provinces, by Assistant-Surgeon J. T. Pearson. — Mode of 

 manufacture of the Salumba Salt of Upper India, extracted 

 from a report by C. Gubbins, Esq., C. S.— Proceedings of the 

 Asiatic Society. — Meteorological Register. Maij, — On the 

 application of a new method of Block-printing, with examples 

 of unedited coins, printed in fac simile, by James Prinsep, Sec, 

 &c. — Note on the affinities of Galathea of Lamarck (Potamophila 

 of Sowerby), a genus of Fluviatile Testacea, by W. H. Ben- 

 son, Esq., Bengal Civil Service. — Account of the Hurricane 

 or Whirlwind of the 8th April 1830, by Mr J. Floyd (com- 

 municated by J. H. Patton, Esq., Magistrate of the 24 Per- 

 gunnahs). — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. — Meteorolo- 

 gical Register. June, — Some account of a visit to the plain 

 of Koh-i-Daman, the mining district of Ghorband, and the pass 

 of Hindu Kush, with a few general observations respecting the 

 structure and conformation of the country from the Indus to 

 Kabul, by P. B. Lord, M. B., in medical charge of the Kabul 

 Mission. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. — Meteorological 

 Register. July. — Excursion to the Eastward, No. 1. — Native 

 account of washing for Gold in Assam, by Moneeram, Revenue 



