432 New Fublications. 



2. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited by James Princep, 

 Esq. F.R.S., Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, &c. &c. 



The Number for December 1838, published on the 2d March 

 1839, contains the following articles connected with physical 

 science : — On the Spontaneous Heating of Brine : By G. A. 

 Princep, Esq. Short notice of the coast-line, rivers, and 

 islands adjacent, forming a portion of the Mergui Province, from 

 a late Survey by Captain R. Lloyd, Indian Navy. On the 

 genus Hexaprotodon of Dr Falconer and Captam Cautley : By 

 J. M'Clelland, Asslst.-Siu-geon, Bengal Service. Meteorolo- 

 gical Register, kept at the Assay Office, Calcutta, for the month 

 of December 1838. — This number, which is the 84th, concludes 

 vol. vii. of this valuable periodical. The Editor, we regret to 

 learn, is forced to leave India owing to indisposition. We 

 triLst, however, that one to whom the science of India is so 

 deeply indebted, will ere long be restored to his wonted health ; 

 for whether in Evirope or in India, we believe he vdll continue 

 to labour for the furtherance of every tiling connected with the 

 science and arts of our Great Eastern Empire. 



3. The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, and the Prize Essays and Tran- 

 sactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. 8vo, in 

 Quarterly numbers. Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons ; Lon- 

 don, Thomas Cadell ; Dublin, William Curry jun. and Co. 



An important depai-tment of this excellent and ably con- 

 ducted journal, has hitherto been but little noticed ; we al- 

 lude to that portion of it devoted to the geognostical and geo- 

 logical Prize Essays of the Highland and Agricultural So- 

 ciety of Scotland. These essays, we are confident, when 

 more generally kiiown, will be found worthy the particular 

 regard not only of geologists, but also of those who study 

 agi'icultuve with liberal and enlightened views. Already the 

 following essays, with accompanying coloured geognostical 

 maps and sections, have been published. 



(1.) Geological Purvey of Berwickshire : with a coloured geo- 

 logical map. By David Milne, Esq. F.R.S.E., F.G.S., Ad- 

 vocate. 



(2.) Report on the Gcalogjj of the East of Fife Coal-Field : 



