CONTENTS. 



No. 61.— JANUARY. Page 



I. — Restoration and Translation of the Inscription on the Bhitari Lat, with 

 critical and historical remarks. By the Rev. W. H. Mill, D. D., Principal 

 of Bishop's College, Vice-President, &c. &c. .. .. .. .. 1 



II. — Alphabets of the Tai language. By the Rev. N.Brown, Missionary in 

 Assam, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..17 



III. — Remarks on the Silkworms and Silks of Assam. By Mr. Thomas Hugon, 



Sub-Asst. Nowgong, .... .. .. .. .. ..21 



IV. — On the indigenous Silkworms^of India. By T. W. Heifer, M. D. Mem- 

 ber of the Medical Faculties at the Universities in Prague and Pavia, Mem- 

 ber of the Entom. Society in Paris, &c. .. .. ..38 



V. — Concerning certain interesting Phenomena manifested in individuals born 

 blind, and in those having little or no recollection of that sense, on their 

 being restored to sight at various periods of life. By F. H. Brett, Esq. 

 Med. Service, .. .. .. .. .. .... 47 



VI. — Memorandum of the progress of sinking a Well in the bunds of Chandpur, 

 near the foot of the Hills. By Mr. William Dawe, Conductor, Delhi 

 Canal Department, .. .. .. .. .. .. ..52 



VII. — The History of Labong from the Native Records consulted by Dr. D. 

 Richardson, forming an Appendix to his journals published in the preced- 

 ing volume, .. .. .. .. .. .... 55 



VIII. — Suggestions on the Sites of Sangala and the Altars of Alexander, being 

 an extract from Notes of a Journey from Lahore to Karychee, made in 

 1830. ByC. Masson, .. .. .. .. ..57 



IX. — Chinese Account of India. Translated from the Wan-heen-t'hung-kaou, 

 or ' Deep Researches into Ancient Monumants ;' by Ma-twanlin ; book 

 338, fol. 14, .. .. .. .. .. ..61 



X. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. ..77 



XI. — Meteorological Register, .. .. 80 



No. 62.— FEBRUARY. 



I. — Singular narrative of the Armenian king Arsaces and his contemporary 

 Sapor, king of Persia; extracted from the Armenian chronicles. By 

 Johannes Avdall, Esq. M. A. S. .. .. .. .. ..81 



II. — Translation of an Inscription on a stone in the Asiatic Society's Museum, 

 marked No. 2. By Captain G. T. Marshall, Examiner in the College of 

 Fort William, .. .. .. .. .. .. ..88 



III. — On the explanation of the Indo-Scythic legends of the Bactrian Coins, 



through the medium of the Celtic. By Dr. J. Swiuey, .. .. ..98 



IV. — On three new Genera or sub-Genera of long-legged Thrushes, with de- 

 scriptions of their species. By. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. .. .. 101 



V.— Description of three new species of Woodpecker. By B. H. Hodgson, 



Esq. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 104 



VI. — Indication of a new Genus of Incessorial Birds. By B. H. Hodgson, 



Esq. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 110 



VII. — Nest of the Bengal Vulture, (Vultur Bengalensis ;) with observations on 



the power of scent ascribed to the Vulture tribe. By Lieut. J. Hutton, .. 112 



