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II. — Notes, chiefly Geological, across the Peninsula from Mangalore, in Lat. 

 N. 12° 49', by the Bisly Pass to Madras, in Lat. N. 13° 4'. By Captain 

 Newbold, F.R.S., M.N. I., Assistant Commissioner, Kurnool 641 



III. — Account (Part II.) of parts of the Cabool and Peshawar Territories, and 

 of Sama, Sudoom, Bunher, Swat, Deer and Bajour, visited by Mulla 

 Aleem-ulla of Peshawar, in the latter part of the year 1837. Arranged and 

 translated by Major R. Leech, C.B. Late Political Agent, Candahar, un- 

 der whose instructions the Tour was made. . . . . . . . . 660 



IV. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for the month of October, 1845. .. lxxxix 



No. 166. 



I.-— A Thirteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms in the Indian and China Seas ; 

 being the Charles Heddle's Hurricane in the Southern Indian Ocean, 

 22nd to 27th February, 1845. By Henry Piddington. With two plates. ., 703 



II. — Account of the Esafzai-Affghans inhabiting Sama (the Plains,) Swat, 

 Bunher and the Chamla valley, being a detail of their clans, villages, chiefs 

 and force, and the tribute they pay to the Sikhs. By Shekh Khash Alee, 

 a follower of the fanatic Syud Ahmed. Prepared in 1837, under the in- 

 structions of Major R. Leech, C. B., late Political Agent, Candahar. .. 736 



III.— Report of a Trial for Rebellion, held at Moulmein by the Commissioner 

 of Tenasserim. Communicated by the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. With 

 a plate. 747 



IV. — On the Iron works of Beerbhoom. 754 



V.— Account of certain Agate Splinters found in the clay stratum bordering the 

 river Narbudda; specimens accompanying. By Capt. J. Abbott, late Assis- 

 tant in Nimarr. 756 



VI. — Notes, chiefly Geological, across South India from Pondicherry, Lat. N. 

 11° 56', to Beypoor, in Lat. N. 11° 12', through the great Gap <fr Palghaut- 

 cherry. By Captain Newbold F.R.S., M.N. I., Assistant Commissioner, 

 Kurnool 759 



VII.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for the month of November, 1845. . . cxi 



No. 167. 



I.— Review of L'Histoire du Buddhism Indien, par E. Burnouf. By Dr. E. 



Roer 783 



II.— On the genuine character of the Hora Sastra, as regards the use of Greek 



terms. By J. Muir, Esq., C.S 809 



III.— Account of the Panjkora Valley, and of Lower and Upper Kashkar, by 

 Rajah Khan of Cabool. Translated by Major R. Leech, C.B., Late Poli- 

 tical Agent, Candahar, at whose request it was drawn up in 1840 812 



IV. — On the Assam Petroleum Beds (In a letter to Major Jenkins, communi- 

 cated by him.) By Capt. P. S. Hannay 817 



V.— Remarks upon the occurrence of Granite in the bed of the Narbudda. By 



Capt. J. Abbott, B.A., Late Principal Assistant Commissioner, Nimarr. .. 821 



