426' CONTENTS. 



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XVI. Defcription of a Species of Meloe an lit- 



feci of the lft or Coleopterous Order in 

 the Linnean S^ftem, found in all Parts of 

 Bengal, Behar, and Oude ; and pofleffing 

 all the properties of the Spanilh blifler- 

 ing Fly or Meloe Veficatorius 213 



XVII. A Comparative Vocabulary of forae of 

 the Languages fpoken in the Burma Em- 

 pire 225 



XVIII. On the Chronology of the Hindus 241 



XIX. Remarks on the Names of the Cabirian 



Deities, and on fome Words ufed in the 

 Myfteries of Eleufis 207 



XX. Account of a Pagqda at Perwuttum 303 



XXI. Remarks on the principal ^Eras and Dates 



of the Ancient Hindus 3 1 5 



XXII. On the Religious Ceremonies of the Hiii- 



dus and of the B rah mens especially 345 



XXIII. The Rudhiradhyaya, or Sanguinary 

 Chapter, tranflated from the Calica puran 371 



XXIV. An Account of the Pearl Fifhery in the 

 Gulph of Manar in March and April 1797 301' 



XXV. Astronomical Obfervations made in the 

 upper Provinces of Hind uftan 4 1 3 



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