CONTENTS. 



^ PAGE. 



*i I. Observations respecting the remarkable effects of Sol- 



.•^ Lunar Influence in the Fevers of India: with the 



scheme of an Astronomical Ephemeris for the 



purposes of Medicine and Meteorology, 1 



11. Extract from a Journal, during the late Campaign in 



Egypt,' 35 



III. Of the origin of the Hindu Religion, • • 44 



IV. Extract from th6 V^jCLxa^^ ^^^^j^0\^> or " Essence 



of Logic," proposed as 9 small Supplement to 

 Arabic and Persian Grammar, and with a view 

 to elucidate certain points connected with Ori- 

 ental literature, 89 



V. An Account of the Measurement of an Arc on the 

 meridian on the Coast of Coromandel, and the 

 length of a degree deduced therefrom in the la- 

 titude 12° 32', 137 



VI. On the Hindu Systems of Astronomy, and their con- 

 r^ nection with History in ancient and modem times, ipS 



"^ VII. An Essay on the Sacred Isles in the West, with other 



ir— Essays, connected with that Work, 245 



VIII. On the Vedas, or Sacred Writings of the Hindus,' • • • 37 Y 

 Q\i IX. A Botanical and Economical Account of Bassia 



Q^ Butyracea, or East India Butler Tree, • '^ 499 



0_ X. Description of a species of Ox, named Gay&t, 511 



APPENDIX. 



Introductory Remarks, intended to have accompanied Cap- 

 tain Mahony's Paper on Ceylon, and the doctrines of 

 Buddha, published in the seventh volume of the Asiatic 

 Researches, but inadvertently omitted in publishing that 

 Volume, 539 



