XIV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



IV. — Further Information regarding the Siah Posh Tribe, or reputed descendants 



of the Macedonians. By Munshi Mohan L41, .. .. ..76 



V. — Abstract of a Meteorological Register kept at Mozafferpur, inTirhut, (Lat. 



26 u 7' 29" N. Long, 85° 24' 30" E.,) by T. Dashwood, Esq. C. S. . . 79 



VI.— On the Land Shells of India. By Lieut. Thomas Hutton, 37th Regt. Na- 

 tive Infantry, . . . . . . . . 81 



VII. — A Catalogue of Stars to be obsei'ved with the Moon, in March and April, 

 with the view of determining the difference of longitude of the places whereat 

 they may be observed. By John Curnin, Esq. F. R. A. S. . . . . 94 



VIII. — Miscellaneous. 



Anniversary Meeting of the Bengal Asiatic Society, Saturday, 11th May, 

 1833, .. .. -- .. .. ..96 



IX. — Meteorological Register, . . . . . . . . . . 104 



No. 27— MARCH. 



I. — A Description, with Drawings, of the Ancient Stone Pillar at Allahabad 

 called Bhim Sen's Gad* or Club, with accompanying copies of four inscrip- 

 tions engraven in different characters upon its surface. By Lieut. T. S. 

 Burt, Engineers, .. .. .. .. .. .. 105 



II. — Note on Inscription No. 1 of the Allahabad Column. By James Prinsep, 



Sec. &c... .. .. .. .. .. ..114 



III. — Remarks upon the second Inscription of the Allahabad Pillar. By Captain 

 A. Troyer, A. D. C. Sec. Sanscrit College, &c. .. .. lis 



IV. — Extract from a Journal kept by Captain F. T. Grant, of the Manipur Levy, 

 during a Tour of Inspection on the Manipur Frontier, along the course of 

 the Ningthee River, &c. in January 1832, .. .. ..124 



V. — Note on the Chiru Antelope. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. .. .. 138 



.VI. — Comparative Section and Tonnage of English and Indian Boats for River 



Navigation, .. .. . .. .. .. 136 



VII. — Climate of Seringapatam. Latitude 12. 45. N. Long, 76. 51. E. .. 138 



VII.— Catalogue of Stars to be observed with the Moon in May, 1834, . . 139 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. 141 



X. — Scientific Intelligence. 



1. — Royle's Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalaya Mountains. Part 1 . . . 143 



2. — Analysis of the Edible Moss of the Eastern Archipelago. By W. B. 



O'Shaughnessy, M. D. Asst. S\irg. H. C. S. .. .. .. 145 



XI. — European Science, .. .. .. .. .. 147 



XII. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. 152 



No. 28.— APRIL. 

 I. — Memoir on the Ancient Coins found at Beghram, in the Kohistan of 



Kabul. By Chas. Masson, .. .. .. .. 152 



II. — Journal of a Route from Dera Ghazi-Khan, through the Veziri Country 



to Kabul. By Dr. Martin Honigberger, in a Letter to Captain C. M. 



Wade, Pol. Agent at Ludianah : Plate XIV. .. .. .. 175 



III. — On the Aptitude of the Himalayan Range for the Calture of the Tea Plant. 



By Dr. H. Falconer, Supt. of the H. C. Bot. Garden, Seharunpur, .. 178 



IV. — On the Efflorescence of Khari Nun, or Sulphate of Soda, as found native 



in the soil of Tirhut and Sarun, in the province of Behar. By Mr. J. 



Stephenson, Supt. H. C.'s Saltpetre Factories, &c. .. .. 188 



V.— Meteorological Register for 1833, kept atBancoora, by J. McRitchie, Esq. 190 

 VI. — Experiments on the Preservation of Sheet Iron from Rust in India. By 



James Prinsep, Sec. &c. .. .. .. .. .. 191 



