CONTENTS. 



No. I. 

 (Published 15th June, 1866.) 



Page 



Physical Characters of the Karens. — By the Rev. F. Mason, D. D., 1 



Contributions to Indian Malacology, No. VI. Descriptions of new 

 land shells from the Nilgiri and Anamullay Hills, and other 

 places in the Peninsula of India. — By W. T. Blanford, 

 Esq. A. R. S. M., F. G. S., ... 31 



Catalogue of the Specimens of Meteoric Stones and Meteoric 

 Irons in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Cal- 

 cutta, corrected up to January, 1866. — By Dr. F. Stoliczka 

 and H. F. Blanford, Esq. F. G. S., ... ... ... 43 



Observations on the Astronomical points determined by the 

 brothers Schlagintweit in Central Asia. — By Captain Golu- 

 bief, ... ... ... ... 46 



Comparative hypsometrical and physical Tableau of High Asia, 

 the Andes, and the Alps. —By Robert de Schlagintweit, 

 Professor at the University of Giessen, ... ... 51 



Notes and Queries, ... ... ... ... ... 73 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observa- 

 tions taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, in 

 the month of August, 1865, ... ... ... -.. lvii 



Meteorological observations taken at Gangaroowa near Kandy, 



Ceylon, in the month of May, 1864, ... ... lxii 



No. II. 



(Published 14th November, 1866.) 

 Russian Geographical Operations in Asia. — Communicated by 



Lieut.-Col. J. T. Walker, R. E., ... 77 



Kashmir, the Western Himalaya and the Afghan Mountains, a 

 geological paper by Albert M. Verchere, Esq., M.D. Bengal 

 Medical Service ; with a note on the fosssils by M. Edouard de 

 Verneuil, Membre de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Pt. I., 89 

 Contributions to Indian Malacology, No. VII. List of species 

 of Unio and Anodonta described as occurring in India, Ceylon 

 and Burma. — By William T. Blanford, Esq. A. R. S. M., 



F. G. S., 134 



Scientific Intelligence, ... ... ... 156 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observa- 

 tions taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, in 

 the months of September, October, November and De- 

 cember, 1865, ... ... ... ... ... i 



