CONTENTS. 



No. 25.— JANUARY. 



Page. 



I. — Professor Schlegel's Enigma. — Mode of expressing numerals in the San- 

 skrit and Tibetan language, .. .. .. .. . . i 



II. — A Brief Description of Herat. By Mohiin Lai. . . . . . . 9 



III. — On the Climate of the Fossil Elephant. By the Rev. R. Everest, 



M. G. S., &c. .. .. .. .. .. is 



IV. — Chirra Punji, and a detail of some of the favourable circumstances which 

 render it an advantageous Site for the Erection of an Iron and Steel Manu- 

 factory on an extensive scale. By Lieut.-Col. T. C. Watson, ., 25 



V. — Description of the Mode of Extracting Salt from the damp Sand-beds of 

 the River Jumna, as practised by the Inhabitants of Bundelkhand. By Lieut. 

 J. S. Burt, Engineers, .. .. ,. .. ..33 



VI. — On the Saline Nature of the Soil of Ghazipoor, and Manufacture of Com- 

 mon Salt, as practised by the Natives of the Viliages of Tuttulapoor, 

 Ratouly, Sahory, Chilar, and Becompoor. By Mr. J. Stephenson, Supt. 

 H. C. Saltpetre Factories in Behar, .. . ; ..36 



VII. — Progress of the Boring for Coal at Jamutra in Cutch. By Capt. Grant, 



Engineers, .. .. .. .. .. ..40 



VIII. — Discovery of an Ancient Town near Behut, in the Doab. By Capt. P. 



T. Cautley, Supt. Doab Canal, . . . . . . . . 43 



IX. — A Brief Account of the System adopted by Divers in the Deccan, for the 

 Recovery of Valuables lost in the Tanks and Rivers of that Province. By 

 Lieut. G. J. Taylor, 7th Mad. Lt. Cav., .. .. .. ..45 



X.— Register of the Weather at Futtehgurh, (Lat. 27° 21' N. Long. 79" 30' E.) 



from April 1832, to October 1833. By M. P. Edgeworth, Esq. C. S. . . 46 



XI. — Note on the Botanical Specimens from Mount Ophir, . . . . 48 



XII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. ..49 



XIII. — Miscellaneous. 



1. — Correction of an Error in Gregory's Mathematics, . . . . 54 



2. — Tufa Formation in Persia, . . . . .. ib. 



3. — Gigantic Natural Arch, .. .. ..35 



Meteorological Register, . . . . . . 56 



No. 26.— FEBRUARY. 



I. — Extracts from Tibetan Works, translated by M. Alexander Csoma de Koros, 57 



II. — Some Remarks upon the Country to the South-west of Hoshungabad, and 

 of the Soil, Cultivation, &c. of that part of the Valley of the Nerbudda, situ- 

 ated between Hoshungabad and the Fort of Mokrai, in the lower range of 

 the Kali-bheet Hills. By Lieut. R. H. Miles, .. .. ..61 



II. — A Summary Description of the Geology of the country between Hoshun- 

 gabad on the Nerbudda, and Nagpoor, by the direction of Baitool. By 

 Lieut. John Finnis, 51 s^ Regt. Asst. Exce. Offr. 14th Divn,, .. .. 71 



