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 XXIII. Notices respecting New Books. 



Transactions of the Literary Society of Bomlay. With En- 

 gravings. Vol. II. 4to. 



1 HE following are the contents of this interesting volume : 



I. Notice and Extracts of the Miritolmsmalik (Mirror of 

 Countries) of Sidi Ali Capoodawn. By Mr. Joseph Hammer, 

 of Vienna. — II. A small but true Account of the Ways and 

 Manners of the Ahyssinians. By Mr. Nathaniel Pierce. — III. An 

 Essay on Persian Literature. By Capt.Vans Kennedy. — IV. De- 

 scription of a Volcanic Eruption in the Island of Sumbawa. By 

 Andrew Stewart, Esq. Assistant Surgeon of the Bombay Esta- 

 blishment. — V. Remarks on the Chronology of Persian History 

 previous to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. By 

 Capt. Vans Kennedy. — VI. On the Ruins of Boro Sudor in Java. 

 By John Crawford, Esq. Resident at Djocjocarta in Java. — 

 VII. Account of a curious Case in Surgery. By Charles Linton, 

 Esq. — VIII. Account of the Progress made in deciphering cunei- 

 form Inscriptions. By Mr. Charles Bellino. — IX. Some Account of 

 the Caves near Baug called the Panch Pandoo. By Capt. F. Dan- 

 gerfield, of the Bombay Militarj' Establishment. — X. An Account 

 of the Province of Cutch, and of the Countries lying between 

 Guzerat and the River Indus: with cursory Remarks on the In- 

 habitants, their History, Manners, and State of Society. By 

 Capt. James Macmurdo, Resident at Anja. — XI. Notice re- 

 specting the Religion introduced into India by the Emperor 

 Akbar. By Capt. Vans Kennedy. — XII. Description of a curious 

 Bird of the Otis Genus. By Capt. John Stewart, of the Bombay 

 Military Establishment. — XIII. Notices respecting the Trial by 

 Punchiet, and the Administration of Justice at Poona, under the 

 late Peishwa. By Thomas Coats, Esq. Surgeon of tlie Bombay 

 Establishment. — XIV. Some Account of Mahummed Mehdi, 

 the Wali or Saint of the Mehdivis: translated and abridged 

 from the Books of his Disciples and Followers. — XV. On the 

 Sacred Books and Religion of the Parsis. By Wm. Erskine, 

 Esq. — XVI. On the Authenticity of the Desdtir, with Remarks 

 on the Account of the Mahabadi Relii^ion contained in the Da- 

 listan. By Wm. Erskine, Esq. 



Vetch's Prqfection of the Sphere. 



In this new projection by Capt. J. Vetch, the globe is supposed 

 to be inscribed in a cylinder, the axes of the globe and cylinder 

 being at right angles to each other, and hence their surfaces co- 

 inciding at a meridian. The eye is supposed to be at rest in the 



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