OCCASIONAL NOTES. 149 
translation theories with reference to the Deposits in Southern 
india, Dl Ns: rans. Vol OXI; part 217. Geological Notes 
across the Peninsula of Southern India from Kistapatam, Ibid, 
200) istory of the Persian Poets, Mad) Lit) Prans:, Vol. Il, 
245; Summary of the Geology of Southern India, Lond. As. 
Trans., 1845, Vol. VIII, 128, 213. Essays on the Metrical Com- 
positions of the Persian Poets with a Notice of their Poetry, 
Medmbite wirans, Vol Ml 113259232)" On the Code and: Flisto- 
rical Manuscripts of the Siamese; On the Progress of Bhud- 
hism to the Eastward, Ibid, Vol. VI,117. Present Fresh Water 
Deposits near Kurnoul; Bl As. Vrans., 1844, Vol. XIll, 312. 
Account of the Mahomedan Kings of Acheen, Ibid, Vol. IV, 
117. Notice of Malayan Code, Ibid, 390. Site of Hai or Ai, 
Royal City of the Canaanites, Bom. Geo. Trans., Vol. VIII, 
335.—Biographical Notice of Bombay Times, May, 1850. 
CHE DURCH EAST INDIES: 
IN an early number of last year’s “Literary Record” (New 
Series, vol. vii, p. 28) we drew attention to the valuable work 
done by the Netherlands Institute* for the investigation of the 
languages, literature, geography, and ethnology of the Dutch 
‘colonies, especially those in the East. In continuation of 
that notice, we proceed to give a brief account of the more 
prominent papers contained in the seven quarterly parts that 
have been published since with unfailing punctuality. In 
Biography, there is a deservedly appreciative notice, by Prof. 
VREEDE, of the late J. J. MEINSMA, who, like his uncle, TAco 
RoorDA, did so much for the study of Javanese literature. 
There is, further, a valuable account, by CH. M. Dozy, of 
ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN ( Xx 1659), the discoverer of Australia. 
Lastly, Dr. C. SNOUCK HURGONJE treats of SAYYID AHMAD IBN 
ZENI DAHLAN, Mufti of the Shafites at Mecca, and of his 
historical works. In this essay a flood of light is thrown on 
literary life at Mecca at the present day, and on the views at 
* Bijdragen voor de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indié. 
