THE 



JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY 



OF 



bem;il 



EDITED BY 



JAMES P R I N S E P, F. R. S. 



SECRETARY OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL ; HON. MEM. OF THE AS. SOC. 



OF PARIS; COR. MEM. OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOC. OF LONDON, AND OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETIES OF MARSEILLES AND CAEN; OF THE ACADEMY 



OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, &C. 



VOL. V. 



JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 



1830. 



" It -will flourish, if naturalists, chemists, antiquaries, philologers, and men of 

 science, in different parts of Asia, will commit their observations to writing, and send 

 them to the Asiatic Society at Calcutta; it will languish, if such communications 

 shall be long intermitted ; and wilLd*i^3Rpyy4f^they shall entirely cease." 



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PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, CIRCULAR ROAD. 

 SOLD BY THE EDITOR, AT THE SOCIETY'S OFFICE. 



1836. 



