CONTENTS FOR VOL. IV. 



I. A Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Kotas on the 



Nilagiri Hills. By the Rev. F. Metz 1 



II. On the Geological age of the Sandstones containing Fossil 



"Wood, at Triyicary, near Pondicherry. By H. F. Blan- 

 ford, of the Geological Survey of India. - 47 



III. Notes Antiquarian and Mythical. By M. J. Walhouse, 



Esq., C. S 53 



IV. The Genus Impatiens. — Description of New Species from the 



Anamallay Hills. By Lieut. R. H. Beddome 66 



V. Numismatic 'Gleanings, No. 2. By Hon'ble Walter Elliot, 



Esq., Madras Civil Service 75 



VI. Report of Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the 



Royal Asiatic Society, on writing Indian Words in Roman 

 Characters 179 



VII. On the substitution of the Roman for the Indian Characters. 



By. D. Caldwell 243 



VIII. On the occurrence of Crystalline Limestone in the vicinity of 



Trichinopoly. By W. King. Esq., Geological Survey of 

 India 272 



IX. Memorandum of the Fort and Hindu Temple at Vellore and 



others in its neighbourhood, as recorded in A. D. 1815. 

 By Lieut. H. P. Hawkes, Sub Asst. Corny. Gcnl 274 



X. Report on Lead Ores in the Cuddapah District. By P. W. 



Wall, Esq., Mineral Viewer 279 



SELECTIONS. 



1. — Observation on the Poison of the Upas Antiar. By Professor 



Albert Kolliker. 2. — On the Brine-springs of Cheshire. By 

 Augustus Beauchamp Northcote, F. c. s., Senior Assistant 

 in the Royal College of Chemistry. 3. — On the Properties 

 of Wood Oil. By M. Guibourt. 4.— Mr. Wayne on the 

 Oil of Cotton Seed. 5. — Order Radiata. 



2. — Official Reports on the last Journeys and the Death of Adolphe 



Schlagintweit in Turkistan. 

 Notes and Queries , 141 



OBITUARY. 



J. Forbes Royle, M. D., F. R. s 145 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



1. — Report on the Progress of the Magnetic Survey, and of the 

 Researches connected with it, from Nov. 1855 to April 1856. 

 By Robert Schlagintweit. 2. — Report on the Proceedings 

 of the Magnetic Survey, from January to May 1856. By 

 Hermann Schlagintweit. 3. — A Storm at Chicacole. 4. — 

 A Storm at Tranquebar. 



