﻿CONTENTS 



OF THE 



SECOND VOLU M E. 



Pane 



I. TMSCOURSE the Fourth . on the Arabs - - I 



II. Discourse the Fifth : on the Tartars - - IQ 



III. Discourse the Sixth : on the Persians - - 43 



IV. On the Descent of the Afghans from xXxqJcms - 67 



V. On the Island of Hinzuan ------- 77 



VI. On the Indian Gross-beak --____ 109 



VII. On the Chronology of the Hindus - - - - m 



VIII. On the Cure of the Elephantiasis - - - - 14.. f 



IX. On the Indian Game of Chess ----- 1 50 



X. Inscriptions from the Vindhya Mountains - - 167 



XI. A Description of Asam ------- 171 



XII. On the Mountaineers of Tripura - - - - 187 



XIII. On the Book of Chinese Odes -----. j<^ 



XIV. On the Introduction of Arabic into Persian - 20$ 



XV. On the Astronomy of the Hindus - - - - 225 



XVI. On the Indian Zodiac 2S9 



XVII. An Account of Nepal - - 3 



XVIII. On the Cure of Persons bitten by Snakes - 323 



XIX. On some Roman Coins found at Nelore - - 331 



XX. On two Indian Festivals, and the Sphinx - - 33 $ 

 XXL On the Isle of Carnicobar ------ 3^7 



XXII. On the Medicinal Plants of India - - - 3 



XXIII. On the dissection of the Pangolin - - - 353 



XXIV. On the Lac Insect --------361 



XXV. Discourse the Seventh : on the Chinese - - 365 

 XXVL An Inscription found near Islamabad - - 383 



XXVII. A Supplement to No. VII 3S9 



XXVIII. On the Spikenard of the Antients - - 40$ 

 Ap. I. A Meteorological Diary ------ 419 



II. On the Cases in deducing the Longitude &c. 47 3 



III. On an Ancient Building in Hajipur - - 477 



IV. On some Eclipses of Jupiter 3 % Satellites - 487 



V. On the Hindu Binomial Theorem - - 487 



■%* There was not room in this volume for the Disser- 

 tations on the Music of the Hindus and the Laws of Siam ; 

 but they will appear in the Third volume, for which ample 

 materials have been collected. 



