XV CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 VI.— Observations of the Moon and Moon-culminating Stars at Sehdranpur, 

 Nasirabad, and Dholeswar, with the Longitudes deduced, .. ..297 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, . .. .. ... 300 



VIII.— Indian Zoology, .. .. •• •• ..304 



IX. — Miscellaneous. 



1. — On Spherical Mirrors, .. •• •• •• •• 308 



2.— Replies to Lieut. Burt's Questions, by Lieut. W. S. Jacob, Engineers,.. 310 

 X. — Meteorological Register, .. .. •• •• •• 312 



No. 31.— JULY. 



I.— On the Coins and Relics delivered by M. le Chevalier Ventura, General in 

 the Service of Mah£ R;ija' Ranjit Singh, in the Tope of Maniky£la. By 

 James Prinsep, F. R. S. Sec. As. Soc. &c. .. .. ..313 



II.— Memoir on the Topes and Antiquities of Afghanistan. By J. G. Gerard, 

 Esq. Surgeon, Beng. Est., addressed to the President of the Asiatic Society, 

 from Jel£l£b&d, 4th Dec. 1833, .. •• •• ..321 



III.— Extracts from Mr. Masson's Letter to Dr. J. G. Gerard, on the Excava- 

 tion of Topes, dated Tattung, 22nd March, 1834. .. .. ..329 



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

 Mignan, Bombay European Regiment, Fellow of the Linnaean Soeiety of 

 London, and M. R. A. S. .. .. •• •• ..332 



V.— Supplement to the Historical Remarks on the Allahabad Inscription, No. 2. 



By the Rev. W. H. Mill, D. D. &c. . . • • • • 339 



VI.— On the Influence of the Moon on Atmospherical Phenomena. By the Rev. 



R. Everest, M. G.S.M. A. S. .. •• •• ..345 



VIL— On the Measurement of the Ilahy Guz, of the Emperor Akber. By W. 



Cracroft, Esq. .. .. •• ..360 



VIII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. •• 362 



IX. — Miscellaneous. 



I.— Note on the Locality of the Rajagriha, of the Town of that name, in 



Behar, and of a Hot Spring in the neighbouring Hills, . . . • 366 



2. — Note on the Temperature of Wells at N&han, . . • • 366 



3.— Fall of Fish, .. .. .. •• ..367 



4. — Transactions of the Batavian Society, vol. xiv. . . . . • • 367 



5. — Protection of Tinned Sheet Iron, from Rust, . .. •• 367 



X. — Meteorological Register, . . . . • • • • 368 



No. 32.— AUGUST. 



I.— Memoir on the U'sbek State of Kokan, properly called Khokend, (the 

 Ancient Ferghana,) in Central Asia. By W. H. Wathen, Esq. Persian 

 Secretary to the Bombay Government, &c. . . . . . • 369 



II.— Note of a Pilgrimage undertaken by an U'sbek and his two Sons from 

 Khckend or Kokan, in Tartary, through Russia, &c. to Mecca. Obtained 

 in conversation with the parties, by W. H. Wathen, Esq. &c. .. 379 



III.— European Speculations on Buddhism. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. C. S. 



Resident at Nipal, &c. . . . . • • • • • • 382 



IV.— Geological Section across the Valley of the Nerbudda, from Tendukh^rl to 



Bittoul. By J. G. Spilsbury, Esq. Ben. Med. Est- Plate xxiii., .. 388 



V.— Note on the Fossil Bones of the Nerbudda valley, discovered by Dr. G. G. 

 Spilsbury, near Nersinhpur, &c. By J. Prinsep, Secretary, &c. (See 

 Plate xxiv). .. .. .. .. •• •• 396 



VI.— Determination of the Errors of Division of the Mural Circle at the Madras 



Observatory. By T. G, Taylor, Esq. H. C. Astronomer, Fort St. George,. . 403 



