CONTENTS. 



No. 6-JANUARY. 



Pages. 



|o A Sketch of the History of the R-amoossies, residing in 

 the Sattarah Territory and in the Poonah and Ahmed- 

 nuggur districts. — By Captain Alexander Mackin- 

 tosh, of the 27th Regiment Madras Native Infantry — 

 Commanding Ahmednuggur Local Corps 1- 



II. Description of Meteorological Instruments, and instruc- 



tions for making Meteorological Observations. — By 

 the late Dr. Alexander Turnbull Christie 41 



III. Observations on Mudar (Caiotropis Procera), with 



some remarks on the medical properties of the natu- 

 ral order Asclepiadese. — By Robert Wight, m. d. 

 Surgeon, 33d Regiment Native Infantry 70 



IV. A description of a set of Balances made for the purpose 



of delicate weighing ; illustrated by drawings. — By 

 Lieutenant .T. Braddock z-.,,. 86 



V. Astronomical Tables and Observations. — By Goday 



Vencat Juggarow , 92 



VI. Meteorological Register kept at the Madras Observa- 



tory ; for the months of September, October and 

 November, 1834 98 



No. 7— APRIL. 



L A Sketch of the History of the Ramoossies residing in 

 the Sattarah Territory and in the Poonah and Ah- 

 mednuggur districts. — By Captain Alexander Mac- 

 kintosh, of the 27th Regiment Madras Native In- 

 fantry — Commanding Ahmednuggur Local Corps. 105 



II. Observations on the Nuth Grass of the Ceded Dis- 



tricts. — By Robert Wight, m. d. Surgeon, 33d Regi- 

 ment Native Infantry. . . 138 



III. Autobiography of Tsura Moung-Bo. — By Captain Ar- 



. thur M'Cally, 44th Regt. Madras Native Infantry. . . 146 



IV. Observations on the return of Halley's Come t. — By 



T. G. Taylor, Esq, Hon'ble Company's Astronomer. 164 



