﻿\1 DESIDERATA. 



VI. Wherein does the ritual observed by the 

 Malabar, or the Namhooree Briihmuns, differ from 

 that prescribed to the Bruhmuns in other parts of 

 India? 



VII. IIow" many and what descriptions of people 

 inhabit the peninsula of Malaya, from Mergui south- 

 ward ; and what are the boundaries of their respec- 

 tive possessions? What are the languages, their 

 laws and manners, and their mutual connexions 

 with one another, in peace or war ? 



(Proposed hij Mr. M a r s d e n . ) 



VIII. Do the oriental writings contain any means 

 of ascertaining the precise meaning of the words 

 rTD^3 and ^""DD, (kecrnit and kuseel, Job xxxviii. 31,) 

 which our translation renders the Pleiades and 

 Orion ? 



(Proposed in compliance with the request of an 

 anonymous correspondent, published in the Asiatic 

 Annual Register for 179.9-) 



IX. What is the elevation, above the level of the 

 sea, of the different districts in India, as ascertained 

 by observations of the barometer, deduced from the 

 course and rapidity of the rivers which pass through 

 them, or from any other data ? 



X. Vv'hat are the extent and form of the Deltas 

 formed by the principal rivers in India? and in 

 Avhat respects do their inhabitants differ from those of 

 the more elevated and ancient tracts ? 



XI. In what districts has the quantity of cultivated 

 land increased, oi the reverse? and what permanent 

 changes of climate have succeeded to the diminution 

 or increase of forest land ? 



(llie three last taken from Considerations on the 

 Ol)iects of Researches into the Institutions and An- 

 tiquities of the Hindoos. By A. Maconochie, Esq.) 

 4 XII. 



