1834.] Miscellaneous. 653 



er than the meau fall in England, as statedby Mr. Dalton*. The following table 

 will probably be interesting, particularly to invalids, whose comfort depends so 

 much on the capability of taking exercise : it presents the actual state of the wea- 

 ther for 366 days, from 1st March, 1831, to 29th February, 1832, which, from 

 all 1 can learn, may be considered an average season : 



Number of days of heavy rain, 19 



Do. occasional showers with fair iutervals 81 



Do. cloudy, 28 



Do. clear and fine, 238 



366 



Abstract of Meteorological Observations, made at Ootacamund, Lat. no 25' N. Long. 



76 c 45' E. on the Nllgiris, in the years 1831, 32, and 33, by Dr. Baikie. 



Barometrical Altitude, 7361 feet. 



Barometer at 32o. 



Thermometer. 



Months. 



Jan.. . . 

 Feb.... 

 March, 

 April, . 

 May, . 

 June, . . 

 July, .. 

 Aug. .. 

 Sept. . . 

 Oct. .. 

 Nov. . . 

 Dec. . . 



Mean of 

 Max. and 



min. 



1831. 



23.175 

 23.085 

 22.983 

 22.910 

 22.861 

 22.S20 

 22.785 

 33.056 

 23.070 

 23.174 



1832 

 23.22S 

 23.224 

 23.029 

 23.025 

 22.996 

 22.903 



At 10 

 A. M. 



1833. 

 23.134 

 23.105 

 23.167 

 23.109 

 23.018 

 23.015 

 22.944 

 23.045 

 22.986 



23.200 

 23.180 

 23.124 

 23.073 

 22.999 

 22.943 

 22.900 

 22.920 



22.9701— .082 

 23.050 

 23.080 

 23.180 



23.052 



44.88 



2. — Tibetan Grammar and Dictionary of M. Csoma de Koros. 



We have to congratulate the learned world upon the completion of M. Csoma's 

 labours, and the accession of a standard to the keys of oriental literature, upon 

 which the utmost confidence may be placed by those who may hereafter seek a 

 knowledge of the Tibetan language. The two volumes (600 pp. quarto) have 

 been printed at the expence of Government, under the direction of the Asiatic 

 Society, aided by the immediate superintendance of the author himself. The 

 style of printing does great credit to the Baptist Mission Press ; and although 

 the Tibetan characters being from the old Serampur fount, are not well formed, 

 this imperfection is removed by the copious lithographed alphabetical schemes 

 at the end of the Grammar, where all the varieties of writing are faithfully 

 rendered. 



M. Csoma has, perhaps wisely, withheld from his present work all disquisitions 

 on the connection of the Tibetan with other languages, on the people, or their 

 iterature, further than to show that the latter is derived from Indian sources* 

 * Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Article Meteorology. 



