CONTENTS- 



No. 37.— JANUARY. 



Page 

 I.— Analysis of a Tibetan Medical Work. By M. Alexander Csoma de Koros, l 

 II. — Journal of a Tour through the Island of Rambree, with a Geological 



Sketch of the Country, and Brief Account of the Customs, &c. of its 



Inhabitants. By Lieut. Win. Foley, 20 



III. — Description of the (so called) Mountain Trout of Kemaon. By Dr. J. 



M'Clelland, Assistant Surgeon, 30th Regt. N.I 39 



IV. — Discovery of the Genuine Tea Plant in Upper Assam, 42 



V. — Abstract of Meteorological Observations at Nasirabad. By Lieut. -Col. 



Thomas Oliver, 43 



VI. — Longitude of Nasirabad by Lunar Transits and by Observations of Mooa 



Culminating Stars. By Lieut. -Col. Thomas Oliver, 52 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 53 



VIII. — Miscellaneous. 



1. Explanation of the differences in the quantity of rain at different 

 elevations, 59 



2. An unusual Sea-Monster in the Bay 62 



3. Suspension of the Survey of the Brahmaputra River, 63 



IX. — Meteorological Register, 64 



No. 38.— FEBRUARY. 



I. — Some Account of a Sect of Hindu Schismatics in Western India, calling 

 themselves Ramsan&hi, or Friends of God. By Capt. G. E. Westmacott, 

 Asst. to the Gov. Gen.'s Agent, N- E. Frontier, 65 



II. — Journal of a Tour through the Island of Rambree, with a Geological 

 Sketch of the Country, and Brief account of the Customs, &c. of its Inha- 

 bitants. By Lieut. Wm. Foley. With a map, Plate IV 82 



III. — Memorandum of an Excursion to the Tea Hills which produce the descrip- 

 tion of Tea known in Commerce under the designation of Ankoy Tea. By 

 G. J. Gordon, Esq 95 



IV. — Observations on an Article in Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, on 



the subject of the Albatross. By Lieut. Thomas Hutton, 37th Regt. N. I. 106 



V. — Roof of the New Iron Foundery at Kasipur near Calcutta, Ill 



VI. — Miscellaneous. 



1. — Desiderata and Recommendations of the British Association for the 



Promotion of Science, , 116 



2. — Manilla Indigo, (so called,) 119 



VII. — Meteorological Register, - 120 



No. 39— MARCH. 



I. — Account of a Visit to the Ruins of Simroun, once the capital of the Mi- 

 thila province. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Resident in Nipal, 121 



II. — Further particulars of the Sarun and Tirhut L&ths, and account of two 

 Buddha Inscriptions found, the one at Bakhra, in Tirhut, the other at 

 Sarnath, near Benares. By James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. &c 124 



III.— Excursions to the Ruins and Site of an Ancient City near Bakhra, 13 

 cos north of Patna, and six north from Singhea. (Extracted from the 

 Journal of Mr. J. Stephenson,) 128 



