XIV CONTENTS. 



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IX. Instructions for collecting and preserving Coleopterous Insects, . 324 



X. Meteorological Table, . . . . . . # # gog 



No. 8.— AUGUST. 



I. Progress of Indian Maritime Surveys, .. . . _ 337 



II. On the Mammalia of Nepal. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. C. S. .. 335 '/ 



III. Memoir of Giuseppe d'Amato, . . . . > 349 



IV. Oriental Accounts of the Precious Minerals, .. .. . 353 



V. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society — Physical Class, .. .. 363 



VI. Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Gold Mines of North America, .. .. .. .. 365 



2. Analysis of the Copper Ores of Cuba, in the Cerco of Villa Clara. By P. 

 Don Ramon de la Sagra, . . . . . . . . 366 



3. Coal from the district of Guanah, in the Island of Cuba, analysed by Don 

 Ramon de la Sagra, . . . . . . . , 366 



VII. Progress of European Science, Electricity. .. .. .. 367 



VIII. Meteorological Table for August, . . . . . . 374 



No. 9.— SEPTEMBER. 



I. Analysis of the Kah-gyur. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Society, .. 375 



II. On the Ancient Roman Coins in the Cabinet of the Asiatic Society. By James 



Prinsep, Sec. Ph. CI. . . . . . . . . 392 



III. Observations of the Transit of Mercury. By ditto, .. .. 408 



IV. On the Habits of the Paludinse. By Lieut. T. Hutton, 37th N. I. . . 411 



V. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. 415 



VI. Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



1. Extract of a letter from Lieut. Alex. Burnes, dated Balkh, 11th June, 1832, 418 



2. Lithontrity practised in Persia, . . . . . . 419 



3. Cholera in Ava, . . . . . . .. ib. 



4. Rain at China Punji, . . . . . . 420 



5. Arabic method of ascertaining the Humidity of the Soil, . . . . 420 



6. Mirage in India, ... . . . . . . . . 421 



7. Hara Mina, or Green Basalt used for colouring Stucco, . . ib. 



8. On the Converging Beams of Light, occasionally seen opposite to the Sun, ib. 



9. Errors in Dr. Arnott's Physics, vol. ii. . . . . . . 422 



10. Silver Mines discovered in Cuba, . . . . . . 423 



11. Supposed Change of Climate of the Northern parts of the Earth, . . 424 



12. Limestone Formation, . . . . . . . . ib. 



13. Correction of mistake regarding Marine Surveying, . . . . 425 



VII. Progress op European Science. 



1. Steam Carriages, .. .. .. .. ib. 



VIII. Meteorological Table for September, .. .. ..430 



No. 10.-OCTOBER. 



I. Analysis of the Vishnu Purana. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Soc. . . 431 



II. On the Standard Weights of England and India, . . . . . . 442 



III. Remarks on a late Paper in the Asiatic Journal on the Gypsum of the Hima- 

 laya. By the Rev . R. Everest, . . . . . . . . 450 



IV. Description of the Regulating Dam-Sluices of the Doab Canal, . . 454 



V. Note on the Jabalpur Fossil Bones. By James Prinsep, Sec. &c. . . 456 



VI. List of Articles of Materia Medica, obtained in the Bazars of India. By J. F. 

 Royle, Esq. .. .. ..458 



VII. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society— Physical Class, . . . . . 472 



