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NEW PUBLICATIONS. , 



1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited by tlieActlng Secre- 

 taries. 

 The number for March contains the following scientific ar- 

 ticles, 1. On three species of Musk (moschus) inhahiting the 

 Himaleyan districts, by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 2. On Isinglass 

 in Polnemus sele, Buchanan, a species common in the Estu- 

 aries of the Ganges, by J. M'Clelland, Assist. -Surgeon (with a 

 plate). 3. Captain Pemberton^s Mission to Bootan in 1837-38. 

 4. Beport on the Museum of the Asiatic Society, by William 

 Jameson, Esq., Assist.- Surgeon. 5. Meteorological Begiste''' 

 kept at the Assay Office for month of March 1839. Number 

 for April contains, 1. Continuation of Captain Pemberton^s 

 Minsion to Bootan. 2. Bemarks upon the Bain and Drought of 

 the last eight seasons in India. By the Rev. R. Everest, Lan- 

 dour. 3. Dr I). Stewart's Becord of the Duration of 13,019 

 fatal cases in Hindoos. 4. Descriptions of four new species of 

 Otter. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., resident at Catmandu, 

 Nepal. 5. On the Geographical Distribution of the Vulturidoi, 

 Falconidoi, and Strigidce, being the first of a series Of Memoirs 

 intended to illustrate the Geographic Distribution of the Orni- 

 thological Kingdom. By William Jameson, Esq., Assist. Sur- 

 geon Bengal Medical Service, &c. 6. Meteorological Begister. 

 Number for May contains, 1. Lieut. Kittoe's Journey through 

 the Forests of Orissa. 2. Papers relative to the netv Coal-field 

 of Tenasserim. 3. On the State of Medicine in Egypt. 4. Note 

 on the Dissection of the Arctonix collaris, or Sand Hog. By 

 G. Evans, Esq., late Curator of the Asiatic Society. 5. On 

 the Cultivation of Boses, and the Manufacture of Bose-7vater 

 and Utur at Ghazeepore . 6. On the Museum of the Asiatic So- 

 ciety. By Dr M'Clelland. 8. Observations on Mr Jameson's 

 Beport on the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By J. T. Pear- 

 son, A. S. B., and formerly Curator of the Museum of the 

 Asiatic Society. 9. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 10 

 Meteorological Begister. 



2. Madras Journal of Literature and Science. Number 2d, year 1839, 

 from April to July. 

 The following are the papers contained in this number :— 



