vi Contents. 



Page. 

 II. — Researches on the Gale and Hurricane in the Bay of Bengal on the 3rd, 



4th, and 5th of June, 1839; with reference to the Theory of the Law of 



Storms in India. By Henry Piddington, Esq. . . . . .... 631 



III. — Extracts from Mr. M'Clelland's paper on Indian Cyprinidae. As. Res. 



Vol. XIX. Part II. 650 



IV. — Account of a Journey from Calcutta via Cuttack and Pooree to Sumbul- 



pur, and from thence to Mednipur through the Forests of Orissa. By 



Lieut. M. Kittoe. (continued) 671 



V. — Note on a pillar found in the Ganges near Pubna, and of another at Kurra* 



near Allahabad. By Lieut. M. Kittoe. .. .. .. .... 681 



VI.— Note by Messrs. Jessop & Co. of Calcutta, on the smelting of the Iron Ore 



of the district of Burdwan . . . . . . .... 683 



VII — Note on the habits of the Coel, and on the discovery of Isinglass. By 



Major Davidson .. .. .. .. .... 684 



VIII.— Note on the Scapes of Xanthorhaea and Fossil Stems of Lapidodendra. 



By Lieut. N. Vicary. . . . . . . . . . . .... 685 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. . . . . . . .... 687 



X. — Meteorological Register, . . . . . . . . . . • • • • 692 



No. 93.— SEPTEMBER. 



I. — Sanscrit Inscription on the Slab removed from above the Kothoutiya gate of 



the Fort Rohtas. By the Editors 693 



II.— On Camel Litters for the Wounded. By H. Piddington, Esq 702 



III.— Note by Dr. Kean of Moorshedabad, on Dr. Stewart's Table of Mortality 



among Hindu Females 704 



IV. — On fifteen varieties of Fossil Shells found in the Saugor and Nerbudda 



territories. By George G. Spilsbury, Esq. Surgeon, &c 708 



V. — Note on the River Goomtee, with a section of its bed. By V. Tregear, Esq. 



Jounpore 712 



VI. — Memoranda relative to experiments on the communication of Telegraph 

 Signals by induced Electricity. By W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. M.D. As- 

 sistant Surgeon ; Professor of Chemistry, Medical College, Calcutta ; and 

 Officiating Joint-Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 714 



VII. — Extract from a Memoir on the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gun- 

 jah, (Cannabis Indica) their effects on the Animal system in Health, and 

 their utility in the Treatment of Tetanus and other Convulsive Diseases. By 

 W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. M.D. Professor in the Medical College of Cal- 

 cutta, &c. &c 732 



VIII.— Memoir on the Climate, Soil, Produce, and Husbandry of Afghanistan 



and the Neighbouring Countries. By Lieut. Irwin 745 



IX. — Meteorological Register, .. .... 777 



No. 94.— OCTOBER. 



I. — Memoir on the Climate, Soil, Produce, and Husbandry of Afghanistan and 



the Neighbouring Countries. By Lieut. Irwin, (continued) 779 



II.— March between Mhow and Saugor, 1839 805 



III. — On an Aerolite presented to the Society. .... .... .... 822 



IV. — Extracts from the Mohit (the Ocean,) a Turkish work on Navigation in the 

 Indian Seas. Translated and communicated by Joseph Von Hammer, 

 Baron Purgestall, Aulic Counsellor, and Professor of Oriental Languages at 

 Vienna, &c. &c 823 



