CONTENTS. XIX 



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 XI.— Horary Observations taken at D£dupur, in conformity with Sir John 



Herschel's Circular. By Col. Colvin, Lieut. Baker, and Lieut. Durand, 



Engineers, .. .. •• •• •• •• 2 99 



XII.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. 302 



XIII.— Address read before the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 



on the 27th January, 1836. By the Rev. John Wilson, President, .. 304 



XIV. — Miscellaneous : — 



1.— On the Canis Vulpes raontana, or Hill Fox. By J. T. Pearson, Asst. 

 Surg., Cur. Mus. As. Soc. .. .. .. .. .. 313 



2.— On the Soil suitable for Cotton, Tobacoo, Sugar, and the Tea plant. 

 By H. Piddington, .. .. .. .. •• 314 



3. — Action of Copper on Ink, .. .. .. 317 



4. — Suspension Bridge at Fribourg in Switzerland, .. .. 318 



XV. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. .. 320 



No. 54.— JUNE. 

 I. — Notes on the Buddha3 from Ceylonese authorities, with an attempt to fix 



the dates of the appearance of the last four ; being those of the Maha" 



Bhadra Kalpa, (or Present Age.) By Captain J. Forbes, H. M. 78th 



Highlanders, .. .. .. .. .. 321 



II, — Memoir of a Hindu Colony in Ancient Armenia. By Johannes Avdall, 



Esq., M. A. S. .. .. .. .. .. 331 



III. — Facsimiles of various Ancient Inscriptions, .. .. .. 340 



IV. — Descriptive Catalogue of Terrestrial and Fluviatile Testacea, chiefly from 



the North-east Frontier of Bengal. By W. H. Benson, Esq. B. C. S. .. 350 

 V. — Description of two new species belonging to a new form of the Meruline 



Group of Birds, with indication of their generic character. By B. H. 



Hodgson, Esq. Resident in Nep£l, .. .. .. .. 358 



VI. — On a New Genus of the Meropidae. By the same, .. .. 360 



VII. — On a New Piscatory Genus of the Strigine Family. By the same, .. 362 

 VIII. — Report of the Society of Arts on Specimens of Rice, Wool, &c. from 



Nep&l and Assam, .. .. .. .. .. 365 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. 369 



X. — Meteorological Register, . . . . . . . . . . 376 



No. 55.— JULY. 



I. — Translation of a Tamba Patra, which was found in a field of the village of 

 • Piplianagar in the Shuj£lpur Pargana" by a Krisan engaged in ploughing, 

 and presented to Mr. L. Wilkinson, the Political Agent at Bhopal by the 

 Jagird^r, .. .. .. .. .. .. 377 



II. — Note on the white satin embroidered Scarfs of the Tibetan Priests. 

 By Major T. H. A. Lloyd. With a translation of the motto on the margin 

 of one presented to the Asiatic Society. By Alex. Csoma Korosi, .. 383 



III. — Note on the origin of the Armenian Era, and the reformation of the 



Haican Kalendar. By Johannes Avdall, Esq. M. A. S. .. .. 384 



IV. — Conjectures on the march of Alexander. By M. Court, ancien £leve de 



1'^cole militaire de St. Cyr. .. .. .. .. .. 387 



V. — Experimental Researches on the Depressions of the Wet-bulb Hygro- 

 meter. By James Piinsep, F. R. S. Sec. As. Soc. .. .. 396 



VI. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. 433 



VII. — Miscellaneous, .. .. .. .. ,. 439 



VIII. — Meteorological Register, .. . .. .. .. 440 



