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IV I • CONTENTS. 



' Page. 



On the Ratwa Deer of Nepal, By B. H. Hoclgso7i, Esq 139 



X. 



Short Sketch of the Geology of Piilo Pinang and the Neighbouring Islands, with 



a Map and Sections. By T. Ward, Esq I49 



XI. 



Description of the Buceros Homrai of the Himalaya. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. . . 169 



XII. 



On the Compensation Measuring Ajyparatus of the Great Trigonometrical Survey 



of India. By Captain Everest, 189 



XIII. 



Experiments on the Strength and Elasticity of Indian Woods. By Captain 



H. C. Baker, . . . . , 215 



XIV. 



Description of the Wild Dog of the Himalaya. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq 221 



XV. 



Observations on the Spiti Valley and Circumjacent Country within the Himalaya. 



By Surgeon J. G. Gerard, 238 



XVI. 



Note on the Discovery of Platina in Ava. By Ja^nes Prinsep, Esq 279 



