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5.— Botany of the Nilgiris and Southern India, 411 



6. — Force of the Unicorn Fish, ib. 



VIII.— Meteorological Register, 412 



No. 44.— AUGUST. 



I. — Geological Sketch of the Neilgherries. (Nil-giri.) By Dr. P. M. Benza, 



Surgeon to the Honorable the Governor of Madras, 413 



II. — Notes of a Tour through Palestine, 438 



III. — Characters of three New Species of Indian Fresh-water Bivalves. By 



Isaac Lea ; with Notes, by W. H. Benson, Esq 450 



IV. — Description of the Bearded Vulture of the Himalaya. By B. H. Hodgson, 



Esq. Resident in Nipal, 454 



V. — Red-billed Erolia. By the same, 458 



VI. — Hints for the Preservation of Objects of Natural History. By J. T. 



Pearson, Esq 462 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 472 



VIII. — Meteorological Register, 476 



No. 45.— SEPTEMBER. 



I. — Account of the Inscriptions upon two sets of Copper Plates, found in the 

 Western part of Gujeriit. By W. H. Wathen, Esq. Persian Secretary to 



the Bombay Government, 477 



II. — Synopsis of the Thar and Ghoral Antelopes. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Resident in Nipal, 487 



III.— On the Wild Goat and Wild Sheep of Himalaya, with Remarks on the 



genera Capra and Ovis. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Resident in Nipal,. . . 490 

 IV. — On the Fossil Bones of the Jumna River. By Edmund Dean, Serjeant, 



Sappers and Miners, 495 



V. — Note on the preceding. By James Prinsep, Secretary, &c 500 



VI. — On the Fossil Elk of the Himalaya. By Lieut. W. E. Baker, Engineers, 506 

 VII. — Note on the Vegetable Impressions in Agates. By Mr. J. Stephenson, 507 



VIII. — Chemical Analyses. By James Prinsep, Secretary, &c 509 



IX. — Horary Meteorological Observations made at Calcutta on the 21st — 22nd 



September. By James Prinsep, Secretary, &c 514 



X. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 516 



XI. — Extracts from Scientific Correspondence, 517 



1. — Prof. Whewell on Semimenstrual Tidal Inequality, ib. 



2. — Sir J. Herschell on correction of Astronomical Instruments, 518 



3. — Lt. Jacob on the correction of the Index Error, 519 



4. — Dr. McLelland on the Fossil Shells of Chirra Punji, 520 



5. — Mr. Stevenson on the Pea Stalactite of Tibet, ib. 



6. — Observations of Halley's Comet at the Madras Observatory, , . . . . 521 



XII. — Illustrations of Nipalese Zoology, ib. 



XIII. — Miscellaneous Extracts. 



1. — Influence of the Moon on the Weather. By F. Marcet, 525 



2. — On the Composition of the Rangoon Petroleum, with Remarks on the 

 Composition of Petroleum and Naphtha in general. By William Gre- 

 gory, M. D. F. R. S. E 527 



3. — Extracts from Proceedings of Zoological Society of London. — 1834,. . .. 528 



4, — Minerals of the Trappean Rocks of Bombay, 530 



XIV. — Meteorological Register, 532 



