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 -4V.— Account of the Hurricane or Whirlwind of the 8th April, 1838. By Mr. 



J. Floyd, (communicated by J. H. Patton, Esq. Magistrate of the 24-Per- 



gunnahs,) .. .. .. .. .. .. 422 



VI. — Account of an ancient temple at Hissar, and of the ship model at that 



place. By Capt. Win. Brown, .. .. .. .. 429 



VII. — An account of the Jain Temple at Badrasir ; and ruins of Badranagiri in 



the province of Cutch. By Lieut, W. Postans, .. .. ..431 



VIII. — Examination of the separate edicts of the Aswastama inscription at 



Dhauli in Cuttack. (Plate X.) By James Prinsep, Sec. &c 434 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. 450 



X.— Meteorological Register, .. .. .. .. .. .. 468 



No. 78.— JUNE. 



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



Manuscripts. By the Reverend Willian Taylor, 469 



II.— Some account of a visit to the plain of Koh-i-Daman, the mining district 

 of Ghorband, and the Pass of Hindu Kush, with a few general observa- 

 tions respecting the structure and conformation of the country from the 

 Indus to Kabul. By P. B. Lord, M. B. in Medical charge of the Kabul 

 Mission, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 521 



III.— Epitome of the Grammars of the Brahuiky, the Balochky and the Pan- 

 jabi languages, with Vocabularies of the Baraky, the Pashi, the Lagh- 

 mani, the Cashgari, the Teerhai, and the Deer dialects. By Lieut. R. 

 Leech, Bombay Engineers, Assistant on a Mission to Kabul, .. .. 538 



IV. — Translation of Inscription in the Society's museum. Continued from 

 vol. VI. p. 887, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 557 



V. — More Danams from the Sanchi tope near Bhilsa, taken in impression, by 



Capt. T. S. Burt, Engineers. Translated by J as. Prinsep, .. .. 562 



VI. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. ,. .. 567 



VII.— Meteorological Register, .. .. .. 582 



No. 79.— JULY. 



\. ^Excursion to the Eastward. No. 1, .. .. .. .. .. 583 



II.— Epitome of the Grammars of the Brahuiky, the Balochky and the Panjabi 

 languages, with Vocabularies of the Baraky, the Pashi, the Laghmani, the 

 Cashgari, the Teerhai, and the Deer dialects. By Lieut. R. Leech, Bom- 

 bay Engineers, Assistant on a Mission to Kabul, .. .. .. 608 



III.— Native account of washing for gold in Assam. By Moneeram, Revenue 

 Sheristadar, Bur Bundaree, .. .. .. .. .. 621 



IV. — Further information on the gold washings of Assam, extracted from 

 Capt. Hannay's communications to Capt. Jenkins, Agent to the Governor 

 General in Assam, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 625 



V.— Lithographs and translations of Inscriptions taken in ectype by Captain 

 T. S. Burt, Engineers : and of one, from Ghosi taken by Captain A. Cun- 

 ningham, of the same corps, .. .. .. .. 629 



VI.— Additions to Bactrian Numismatics and discovery of the Bactrian Alpha- 

 bet. By James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. &c. ,. .. .. .. 636 



VII.— Note on a fossil Ruminant genus allied to Giraffidae in the Siwalik hills. 



By Captain P. T. Cautley, . . . . . . . . . . . . 658 



VIII. — Sketch of the sculptured images, on the temple of Grameswara, near 



Ratrapur : extracted from Lieut. Kittoe's Journal, .. .. .. 660 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. .. 663 



X.— Meteorological Register, .. . .. .. .. .. 670 



