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An Account of the great Historical Work of the African Philosopher E 
Ibn Khaldin. By the Chevalier Jacob Griberg de Hemsé, M.A., 
F.M R.A.S., late Swedish and Norwegian Consul for Morocco and 
Tripoli, Knight of the Sardinian Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus... 387 
Description of the Wild Dog of the Western Ghits. By Lieut.-Col- 
W. H. Sykes, of the Bombay Army, F.LS., F.G.S., &c. Com- 
municated by the Branch Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay........ eaes/ses 405 
Colonel Vans Kennedy on the Védanta System .......se-sseseseesecsssceeesees 412 
Observations on the Lacquered or Japanned Ware of Ava. By Major 
Henry Burney, Political Resident at Amarapura ..........+. Bgnnosacebededs 437 
Remarks on the Identity of the Personal Ornaments sculptured on some 
Figures in the Budd’ha Cave Temples at Carli, with those worn by the 
Brinjaris. By Lieut. Colonel William Henry Sykes, F.L.S., F.G.S., 
&e. Communicated by the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic 
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Account of the Pearl Fisheries of the North-West Coast of the Island 
of Ceylon. By Captain James Steuart, Master Attendant at Colombo. 
Communicated by Lieut. Colonel William M. G. Colebrooke, of the 
Royal Artillery, F.R.S., M.R.A S., 8c. 8C...sccoccsscscoesoscsovesccsccesesees 452 
Some Remarks upon the ancient City of Anardjapura or Anaradhepura, 
and the Hill Temple of Mehentélé, in the Island of Ceylon; by Captain 
I. J. Chapman, of the Royall Artillery, 8cc:{8ccs, 2-asssasss0c-snecaasesece-010e 463 
An Account of the Mission of Yusuf Agha, Ambassador from Turkey to 
the British Court. Written by himself, and translated from the 
Turkish by the Ritter Joseph Von Hammer, F.M.R.A.S.....00.....02e0008 496 
Remarks on an erroneous Explanation of one of the Inscriptions at 
Naksh-i-Rustam, occurring in the “ Mémoires sur diverses Antiquités 
de Ja Perse, par le Baron Silvestre de Sacy.” By Robert Cotton 
Money, Esq. Secretary Bombay Br. R.A.S. Communicated by the 
Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Society.............scssssesccessecssensessceeees SOD 
On the Hindé Quadrature of the Circle, and the infinite Series of the 
proportion of the circumference to the diameter exhibited in the four 
Sastras, the Tantra Sangraham, Yucti Bhasha, Carana Padhati, and 
Sadratnamala. By Charles M. Whish, Esq., of the Hon. East-India 
Company’s Civil Service on the Madras Establishment. Communicated 
by the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society ... 509 
Remarks on the Zend Language, and the Zendavesta; in a Letter from 
the late Professor Emanuel Rask, F.MR.A.S., &c. &e, to the 
Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, M.R.A.S, then President of 
the Literary Society at Bombay. Communicated by the Bombay 
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