CONTENTS. XV 



Page. 

 VII.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. ..193 



VIII. — European Science, .. .. .. .. .. 196 



IX.— Miscellaneous. 



1. Note on the description of the Iron Suspension Bridge near Sagur, .. 206 



2. Mr. Previte's mode of preserving bread for Ships, . . .. ib. 



3. Illustration of Herodotus' account of the mode of obtaining gold dust 



in the deserts of Kobi, . . . . . . . . ib. 



X. — Meteorological Register, . . . . . . . . . . 208 



No. 29.— MAY. 



I. — Translation of an Inscription in the Pali and Burma Languages on a 

 stone slab from Ram&vati, (Ramree Island,) in Arracan, presented to the 

 Asiatic Society by H. Walters, Esq. C. S. as explained by Ratna Paula, 209 



II. — Translation of an Inscription in the Pali character and Burmese Language, 



on a stone at Buddh Gya, in Behar. Plate XVI. . . . . 214 



III. — Classification of N£w£rs or Aborigines of N£pal Proper, preceded by 

 the most authoritative Legend relative to the Origin and Early History of 

 the Race, by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., .. .. .. 215 



IV. — Further Account of the Remains of an ancient Town, discovered at 

 Behat, near Seharanpur. By Capt. P. T. Cautley, Art. Supt. Doab 

 Canal, .. .. .. .. .. .. 221 



V. — Note on the Coins found by Captain Cautley, at Behat. By James Prinsep, 



Sec. &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 227 



VI. — A Brief Sketch of the Present State of Georgia, now a Russian Province. 

 By Captain Robert Mignan, Bombay European Regiment, Fellow of the 

 Linnaian Society, and Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, .. .. .. .. .. 232 



VII. — Explanation of the Sketch giving a Geological Section of the Strata from 

 Nimach to Merta, published in the Asiatic Researches, vol. XVIII. page 

 92. By James Hardie, Esq. Beng. Med. Service, .. .. 238 



VIII.— Latitude of the Church Bungalow at Nasir&b6d, by altitudes (170) of 

 Polaris out of the Meridian, observed with a Troughton's lS-inch Altitude 

 and Azimuth Circle. By Col. Thos. Oliver, . . . . . . 243 



IX. — Population of the City and District of Allahabad, .. .. 244 



X. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. ., ,. ib. 



XI. — Scientific Intelligence. , 



1. — Willard's Treatise on the Music of Hindustan, .. .. .. 247 



2. — Representation in Roman Characters of the principal Alphabets in Eastern 

 India, .. .. .. .. .. ib. 



XII. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. 256 



No. 30.— JUNE. 



I. — Restoration of the Inscription, No. 2, on the Allahabad Column. By the 

 Rev. W. H. Mill, D. D. Principal of Bishop's College, Vice-President of the 

 Asiatic Society, &c. . . . . . . . . . . 257 



II. — Journal of a Tour through Georgia, Persia, and Mesopotamia. By Capt. 

 Mignan, Bombay European Regiment, Fellow of the Linnaian Society of 

 London, and M. R. A. S. .. .. .. .. ..271 



III. — On the Adaptation of the Roman Alphabet to the Orthography of Oriental 

 Languages, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 281 



IV.— On Catadioptric Microscopes. By J. W. Laidly, Esq. .. .. 288 



V. — Notes relative to the collection of some Geological specimens, in the Kasia 



Hills between Assam and Nauklow. By W. Cracoft, Esq. C. S. .. 293 



