xiv Contents, 



Pagi 

 No. 75.— MARCH. 



I. —Examination and Analysis of the Mackenzie Manuscripts deposited in the 



Madras College library. By the Reverend William Taylor, .. ..173 



II.— On the Revolution of the Seasons. By the Rev. Robert Everest, .. 192 



III.— Table of Indian Coal analyzed at the Calcutta Assay Office, including 

 those published in the Gleanings in Science, September 1831, arranged ac- 

 cording to localities, extracted from the Report of the Coal Committee, . . 197 



IV. — Extracts from the Journal of Lieut. Markham Kittoe, submitted to the 

 Asiatic Society at the meeting of the 6th Oct. 1836.— Ruins and Pillar at 

 Jajipur, .. .. .. .. .. ..200 



V.— On a remarkable heat observed in masses of Brine kept for some time in 

 large reservoirs. By G. A. Prinsep, Esq. .. .. .. 207 



VI>- On the Land and Fresh-water Shells of the Western Himalaya. By Lieut. 

 T. Hutton, 37th Regt. N. I. and W. H. Benson, Esq., C. S 211 



VII.— On the Edicts of Piyadasi, or Asoka, the Buddhist monarch of India, 

 preserved on the Girnar rock in the Gujerat peninsula, and on the Dhauli 

 rock in Cuttack ; with the discovery of Ptolemy's name therein. By 

 James Prinsep, Secretary, As. Soc. &c. .. .. .. .. 219 



VIII.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. 283 



IX. — Meteorological Register, . . . . . . . . . . 286 



No. 76.— APRIL. 

 I.— Restoration and Translation of the Inscription on the large Arracan Bell 



now at Nadrohighat, Zillah Alligarh, described by Captain Wroughton in 



the Journal Asiatic Society, December 1837, .. .. .. 287 



II.— Extracts from the T6hfat ul Kiram, and the Chach Nameh, translated by 



Lieutenant T. Postans, . . . . . . . . . . 297 



III.— Note of a visit to the Niti pass of the grand Himalayan chain. By J. H. 



Batten, Esq. C. S. .. .. .. .. .. 310 



IV. — Additional notice on the geography of Cochin China. By the Most Rev. 



Jean Louis, Bishop of Isauropolis, .. .. .. ..317 



V. — On the Reg-Ruwan or moving sand, a singular phenomenon of sound near 



Cabul with a sketch. By Capt. Alex. Burnes, .. .. .. 324 



VI. — On the Siah-p6sh Kaffirs with specimens of their language and costume. 



By Captain Alex, Burnes, .. .. .. .. ., 325 



VII.— Examination of the Inscriptions from Girnar in Gujerat, and Dhauli in 



Cuttack, continued. By James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. . . . . 334 



VIII. — A letter to Dr. Heifer, on the Zoology of Tenasserim and the neigh- 

 bouring Provinces. By Assist. Surg. J. T. Pearson, .. .. 357 

 IX. — Mode of Manufacture of the Salumba salt of Upper India, extracted from 



a Report by C. Gubbins, Esq. C. S. .. .. .. ..363 



X.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .» .. .. .. 364 



XI. — Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. .. 370 



No. 77.-MAY. 

 I. — Second Report on the Examination and Restoration of the Mackenzie 



Manuscripts. By the Reverend William Taylor, .. .. ..371 



II.— On the application of a new method of Block-printing, with examples of 



unedited coins printed in facsimiles. By James Prinsep, Sec. &c. .. 414 



III.— Note on the affinities of Galathea of Lamarck (Potamophila of Sowerby), 



a Genus of Fluviatile Testacea. By W. H. Benson, Esq. Bengal Civil 



Service, .. ., .. .. ,. ,, 420 



