1835.] Halley's Comet — Catalogue of Nipalese Zoology . 52t 



6. — Observations of Halley's Comet, made at the Honorable Company'' .1 



Observatory at Madras. 

 The comet first made its appearance 011 the 30r,h August, at 15th. 40m. mean 

 time, astronomical reckoning, or August 31st, at 3h. 40m. a. m. civil reckoning 

 — the observation are as follows : 







Madras 







Right 











M. T. 





Ascension. 



Declination. 



1835 



D. 



h. m. 



s. 



h. 



m. 



s. 



h. 



m. s. 



Aug. 



30 



15 47 



30 



5 



42 



22 



+24 



43 





31 



15 33 



28 



5 



49 



52 



24 



50 



Sept. 



19 



15 39 



40 



6 



10 



57 



29 



36 30 





20 



15 6 



48 



6 



12 



43 



30 



6 





23 



14 54 



51 



6 



17 



29 



31 



36 46 





26 



4 22 



59 



6 



24 



39 



33 



49 15 



From the above observations, it would appear that the comet is about ten days 

 later than the time predicted for its return. — At present it is invisible to the 

 unassisted eye of ordinary observers, and will probably remain so until the 21st 

 of October, when it will be situated in the constellation Coronse Borealis, near to 

 j8, the proper time to look for it on this day will be immediately after sun-set. 



T. G. Taylor, 

 September 28, 1835. H. C. Astronomer. 



[The comet has been visible here since the 12th Oct., after sun-set, and is now 

 very bright. — Ed.] 



A French translation of Lieutenant Burnes's interesting Travels to Bokhara, 

 &c. has been announced as in preparation at Paris, with notes, by Klaproth, 

 the distinguished orientalist. — Foreign Quarterly Review. 



XII. — Illustrations of Nipalese Zoology, prepared for publication. 

 [We have been requested to insert this catalogue in continuation of the Prospectus 

 published in p. 356. — Ed.] 



MAMMALIA. 



Part 1st. 



Plate 1. — The Jharal, wild goat. Caprajharal, mihi, mature male. Inhabits 

 the Kachar. 



Plate II.— -The Nahoor, wild sheep. Ovis Nahoor, mihi. Fig. 1, the mature 

 male ; 2, the head of mature female ; 3, young male. Habitat. Kachar. 



Plate III. fig. 1, the Thar antelope. Antelope Thar, mihi, mature male-; 

 figure 2, the Ghoral antelope. A. Ghoral, Hardwicke. Mature male. Inhabit 

 central and northern divisions of Nipal respectively. 



Plate IV. fig. 1, female Ghoral; fig. 2, young male. 



pi ate v. — The Changra or shawl goat of the Himalaya towards Nipal. Fig. 1, 

 the larger or true shawl goat; figure 2, the lesser variety. Inhabit the Kachar. 



Plate VI.— Sculls. Figs. 1 and 2, the Jharal mas.; 3 and 4, the Nahoor 

 fem. ; 5 and 6, the Thar mas. ; 7 and 8, the Ghoral mas. ; 9 and 10, the Banbhera, 

 or Himalayan variety of Ovis. Ammon. mas. junior; 11 and 12, the Phusro 

 Jarai, or Cervus Aristotelis. Horns cast, mas.; 13 and 14, the Ratwa Mantjae, 

 mas. (N. B. Several of the sculls, with the horns torn off, show the cellular cavity 

 of the core.) 



Plate VII. figs. 1 and 2, head of the larger Changra ; 3 and 4, scull of the lesser. 



