CONTENTS. 



of No. 12. 



Page, 



Art. I. — Notes on the Geology of the Country, between Madras 

 and the Neilgherry Hills, vi& Bangalore and vi& Salem. 

 —By P. M. Benza, Esq. m. d., of the Madras Medical 



Establishment I 



II.— Notes on Persia, Tartary and Afghanistan. — By Colonel 



Monteith, k. l. s. of the Madras Engineers 28 



III. - -A cursory view of the present state of Astronomical Sci- 



ence, with a summary of Desiderata ; together with a 

 Notice of the Astronomical Results at the Madras Obser- 

 vatory.— By T. G. Taylor, Esq. H. E. I. C. Astronomer. 47 



IV. — Observations on the Flora of Courtallum.— By Robert 



Wight, Esq. m. d.— (continued from Vol. 3d page 96) . . 5/ 

 V. — Remarks on the Vegetation of the Neilgherries.— By 

 Captain James Allardyce, of the 23d Regt. Madras 



Light Infantry 67 



VI. — A brief notice of some of the Persian Poets. — By T. G. 

 Newbold, Lieutenant ; a. d. c. to Brigadier General 



Wilson, c. b. 0 . JO , 74 



VII. — An account of the Customs and Practices of the murderers 

 called Thugs.— By Lieut. P. A. Reynoyds, of the 38th 



Regiment Madras N. I • * 85 



VIII.— On the Geological position and association of the Laterite, 

 or Iron Clay, formation of India ; with a description of 

 that Rock as it is found at the Red Hills near Madras.— 

 By Robert Cole, Esq. of the Madras Medical Esta- 



blishment 10Q 



IX. — Genealogy of the Kings of the Mahomedan dynasty in 

 A chin, from the 601st year of the Hejira to the present 

 time. Extracted from a Malayan MS. entitled " Adat 

 Achi," usages of the kingdom of Achin ; &c— By T. J. 



Newbold, Lieut, a. d. c 117 



X. — Observations on Original and Derived Languages. — By 



the Reverend Bernhard Schmid. 121 



XL— On the Metamorphoses of the Musquito.— By W. Gil- 

 christ, Esq. of the Madras Medical Establishment. . . . 128 

 XII. — On the Mass of the Planet Jupiter.— By Goday Venkata 



Juggarow 131 



XIII. — A Visit to Cumbaucum-droog, a remarkable Table Land, 

 near Madras.— By Colonel Monteith, k. l. s. of the 

 Madras Engineers , 134 



