THE 



JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY 



OF 



HISNGAIj. 



EDITED BY 



JAMES PRINSEP, F. R. S. 



ICRETARYOF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL ; HON. MEM. OF THE AS. SOC. 



OF PARIS ; COR. MEM. OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOC. OF LONDON, AND OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETIES OF MARSEILLES AND CAEN; OF THE ACADEMY 



OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA ; OF THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GENEVA ; OF 



THE ALBANY INSTITUTE, &C. 



VOL. VII.— PART II. 



JULY TO DECEMBER, 



1838. 



" It will flourish, if naturalists, chemists, antiquaries, philologers, and men of 

 science, in different parts of Asia will commit their observations to writing, and 



d them to the Asiatic Society ; afc^alautta ; it will languish, if such commu- 



nications shall he long interm 



ty at.n 



an'djFiffi die away, if they shall entirely cease.*' 

 Sir Wm. Jones. 



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PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, CIRCULAR ROAD. 



SOLD BY THE EDITOR, AT THE SOCIETY'S OFFICE. 



1838. 



