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Letters from Sir William Jones to the late Samuel Davis, Esq. F.R.S., &c. 
from 1785 to 1794, chiefly relating to the Literature and Science 
of India, and elucidatory of the early History of the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal; with a Plate. Communicated by John Francis Davis, Esq., 
F.R.S. M.RAS., &e. . adele duuduveck peers cosa ckencescsestorcars =: 
Extracts from the Mualijat-i-Dara-Shekohi; selected and translated by 
Major David Price, M.R.A.S. ssccsssssccsesscsesccsescencccasescesscooenes 
On Buddha and the Phrabat. By Captain James Low, of the Madras Army, 
Gor! MER ALS? illustrated with Plates 's...c2c..-.ccsescccosccceesdsecceseua 
Notice ata the Natives of New Guinea. By Wm. Marsden, Esq., 
Notices of China, by Padre Serra. Communicated by J. F. Davis, Esq., 
Comparison of the Hindu and Theban Hercules, illustrated by an ancient 
Hindu Intaglio. By Lieut.-Colonel James Tod, M.R.A.S., &C. ss seeees 
A Disputation respecting Caste by a Buddhist, in the form of a Series of 
Propositions, supposed to be put by a Saiva, and refuted by the Dis- 
putant. Communicated by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., M.R.A.S. .+s.-...0.-. 
An Account of the Marriage Ceremonies of the Hindus and Mahomme- 
dans, as practised in the Southern Peninsula of India. Compiled by the 
late Colonel Colin Mackenzie. Communicated by Sir A. Johnston, 
Vice-President R.A.S. sss.siccscssescsssvecscevccccsvececcssseasasersescscnscssces 
A Dissertation on White Elephants. By Captain James Low, Cor. Mem. 
A Sketch of the Constitution of the Kandyan Kingdom. By the late Sir 
John D’Oyly. Communicated by Sir A. Johnston, Vice-President, 
A Description of the Temple of Jaggannat’ha and of the Rath-Jatré, or 
Car Festival. By F. Mansbach, Esq., in a Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel 
Walter Raleigh Gilbert, by whom it was communicated to the Royal 
Asiatic Society .sssscsecevesecsecesconseneseecssesensansccssessensnesseraensasenctes 
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