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No. 65.— MAY. Page 



1. — Journal of a visit to the Mishmee hills in Assam. By Wm Griffith, M. D. 



Madias Medical Establishment, .. .. .. .. 325 



II. — Corrected Estimate of the risk of life to Civil Servants of the Bengal Pre- 

 sidency. By H. T. Prinsep, Esq. Sec. to Govt. &c. .. .. 341 



III. — A Grammar of the Sindhi language, dedicated to the Right Honorable 



Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay. By W. H. Wathen, Esq. .. 347 



IV. — On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumana from the Sewalik 



Hills. By H. Falconer, M. D. and Captain P. T. Cautley, .. ..354 



V. — On some new Genera of Raptores, with remarks on the old genera. By 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. .. .. .. .. ..361 



VI. — Observations of the Magnetic Dip and Intensity at Madras. By T, G. 



Taylor, Esq. H. C. Astronomer, .. .. .. 374 



VII. — The Legends of the Saurashtra group of Coins deciphered. By James 



Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. .. .. .. .. .. 377 



VII. — On the Properties ascribed in Native medical works to the Acacia Ara- 



bica. By Lewis Da Costa, Esq. .. .. .. .. 392 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. 397 



X. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. 404 



No. 66 —JUNE. 



I. — Some account of the Wars between Burmah and China, together with the 

 journals and routes of three different Embassies sent to Pekin by the king 

 of Ava : taken from Burmese documents. By Lieutenant-Colonel H. Bur- 

 ney, Resident in Ava, .. .. .. .. .. 405 



II. — Note on the Facsimiles of Inscriptions from Sanchi near Bhilsa, taken for 

 the Society by Captain Ed. Smith, Engineers ; and on the drawings of the 

 Buddhist monument presented by Captain W. Murray, at the meeting of 

 the 7th June. By James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. .. .. 451 



III. — Notice of a Colossal Alto-Relievo, known by the name of Mata Koonr 

 situated near Russia Tannah, in Pergunnah Sidowa, Eastern Division of 

 Gorakhpur District. By D. Liston, Esq. .. .. .. 477 



IV. — Translation of one of the Granthas, or sacred books, of the Dadupanthi 

 Sect. By Lieut. G. R. Siddons, 1st Light Cav., Second in command, 3rd 

 Local Horse, Neemuch, .. .. .. ,. 450 



V. — Notice of new Sites of Fossil deposits in the Nerbudda Valley. By Dr. G. 



G. Spilsbury. PI. XXX. . . . . . . . . 487 



VI. — New species of Scolopacidse, Indian Snipes, .. .. .. 489 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. 490 



VIII. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. 500 



No. 67.— JULY. 



I. — An Examination of the Pali Buddhistical Annals. By the Hon'ble George 



Tumour, Esq. of the Ceylon Civil Service, .. .. .. 501 



II. -On the " Indian Boa," " Python Tigris." By Lieut. T. Hutton, .. 528 



111.— Notice of a skull (fragment) of a gigantic fossil Batrachian. By Dr. T. 



Cantor, .. .. .. ..538 



IV. — Some account of the Wars between Burmah and China, together with the 

 journals and routes of three differeut Embassies sent to Pekin by the King 

 of Ava : taken from Burmese documents. By Lieutenant-Colonel H. 

 Burney, Resident in Ava, .. ,. e 4 o 



V.— On a new genus of the Plantigrades. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. .. ^60 



