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prominence with his own on the title page of the Prodromus Flore Nepalensis) published 
in 1825, Hamilton m no way directly assisted Don in preparing this work. His later 
Nepal collections Hamilton named and catalogued for the Honourable East India Com any 
in 1822, but none of the material thus dealt with, and none of the information iudi 
in that catalogue, was utilized by Don. 
A very careful review of the plants alluded to by Hamilton in his Account of 
epal by Lieutenant-Colonel Madden, based on a study of the text itself, on a comparison 
of the plants of Hamilton's later collections, and on an examination of the manuscript 
catalogue given to the University of Edinburgh in 1822, was published in the aquila 
of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh іп 18582 Ñ 
The majority of Hamilton's other pablieations deal with the periol of his great 
survey of Bengal between 1807—1814; those that are of a more general character hich 
ав his commentaries on Rheede and Rumphius, his works on the genealogies of the 
Hindus, and his account of the Gangetic fishes, if not entirely or even mainly concerned 
with the survey, at any rate include observations mide during its progress. The main 
results of the survey were not published during Hamilton's lifetime, so that for the 
moment their consideration must be deferred, or only incidentally alluded to, as the 
scientific contributions relative to the different stages of the survey are dealt with. 
During Hamilton's lifetime nothing was published with regard to the work of 
1807 in Dinajpur and the northern part of Rangpur. But in 1829 a brief note 
regarding methods of capturing wild animals in Dinajpur was edited in Gleanings in 
Science by Captain Herbert? and in 1833 an account of Cooch Behar was edited in 
the Journal of the Asiatie осу by Major Jenkins The ful text of Hamilton's 
account of Dinajpur was issued at Calcutta in 1833 under circumstances presently to 
be described. 
The work of 1803 in Rangpur, which then included a good deal of what is 
now Lower Assam, afforded material for а geographical, topographeial and ethno- 
logical account of Assam published in the Annals of Oriental Literature in 1820.5 This 
paper is of the style of the accounts of Tippera and Chittagong already referred to, 
but its existence does not appear to be alluded to in any of the accounts of Assam 
published since it was issued. | | 
Several short botanical papers were published by Hamilton relative to the Assam 
or Rangpur part of the survey. One of these, which appeared in the Journal of 
Science in 1825, deals with the genus now known as Chiloranthus ° another, published 
in the same periodical in 1827, discusses a species of Garcinia.’ A third payer, read 
i Prodromus Flore Nepalensis, sive Enumeratio Vegetabilium, que in itinere per Nepaliam proprie dictam et 
regiones conterminas ann. 1302—1803, detexit atque legit D. D. Franciscus Hamilton (olim Buchanan) M.D. Societ. Reg. 
et Linnasn. Londin. бос. Accedunt plante a D. Wallich nuperius misse. Secundum methodi naturalis псттат disposait 
atque descripsit David Don. London; L vol 8vo : 1825. ; M : | 
? Madden: Elucidation of some plants mentioned in Dr. Francis Hamilton's Account of the Kingdom of Nepal: 
Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. v. 116. 770277 
3 Manner of Hunting in District Dinajpur : Gleanings in Science i. 374. U 
4 History of Cooch Bekar, being an exiraet of a passage irom Dr. Buchanan’s account of Rangpur (Renga- 
pura) revised спа communicated by Major КЕ. Jenkins: Journ, de Sos: Beng. ace! 1. ; pi 
5 An account of Asam, with some notices Concerning the neigübouriug territorier, dan. Orient. Lit. 244, 
1820. Ы 
xu Edinb. Journ. Sci. ii, 1525. ; 
6 | lied to the genus Piper: 2. u 
Account of a plant albe Roxburgh called Garcinia pedunculata: Edinb. 
7 Description of a plant of the order Guttifere, which Dr. 
Journ, Sci. vi. 1827. I 
