Contents. v 



Page. 



V. — Report upon the Construction of Philosophical Instruments in India. By 

 Capt. J. Campbell, Assistant Surveyor General 293 



VI.— Manual of Chemistry. By Capt. J. Campbell, Assistant Surveyor General, 

 Madras 297 



VII.— Report of the death of Mr. Csoma de Koros, made to G. A. Bushby, Esq. 

 Officiating Secretary, Political Department, from A. Campbell, Esq. Super- 

 intendent, Darjeeling, and communicated to the Society 303 



VIII.— Note to accompany a Map of the Isle St. Martin's. By C. B. Greenlaw, 



Esq. Secretary to the Marine Board. 309 



IX. — On the Cotton called "Nurma," by Dr. Irvine, Residency Surgeon at 

 Gwalior. Communicated by Colonel Spiers, Resident at that Court. .. 311 



X. — On a Cylinder and certain Gems, collected in the neighbourhood of Herat, 

 by Major Pottinger. By the Editor • 316 



XI. — Circular and other documents relating to the Museum of Economic Geology 

 oflndia. By H. Piddington, Esq. 322 



XII. — Correspondence respecting the Society's Museum of Economic Geology... 326 



XIII. — Register of the Rise and Fall of the Tide at Prince of Wales' Island and 

 Singapore, furnished to the Editor by order of the Government of India. .. 359 



No. 125. 



I.— Narrative of a Journey from Soobathoo to Shipke, in Chinese Tartary. By 

 Lieut. A. Gerard, Bengal Native Infantry, in 1818. .. .. ..363 



II. — Memoranda on the Geology of Bundelcund and Jubbulpore. By Dr. J. 

 Adam, B. M. S .. ..392 



III. — Report made by J. Mohl in the General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of 

 Paris, 31st May, 1841, on the labours of the Committee during the six last 

 months of 1840, and the six first months of 1841, translated from the French. 

 By Dr. E. Roer, Librarian to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. . . . . 411 



VI. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. .. .. .. .. .. 439 



No. 126. 



I.— A few Instructions for Insect Collectors. By Vincent Tregear, Esq. . . 473 



II.— A Vocabulary of the Koonawur Languages. .. .. .. ..479 



III. — Note on the Passes into Hindoostan from the West and North-west, and the 



use made of them by different Conquerors. By H. T. Prinsep Esq. .. 552 



IV.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. .. .. .. .. .. 573 



No. 126.* 



I.— Report of the Mineralogical Survey of the Himmalaya Mountains lying 

 between the Rivers Sutlej and Kalee. Illustrated by a Geological Map, By 

 Captain J. D. Herbert, Superintendent, .... .... 1 



