CONTENTS, 



XIII. — On the Position of Frames in a Sloping Gallery 367 



XIV. — On a New Genus of Scrophularinese. — By William 



Griffith, Esq. of the Madras Medical Establishment.. 373 

 XV.— A brief notice of some of the Persian Poets. — By Lieute- 

 nant T. J. Newbold, of the 23d Regiment Light Infan- 

 try, Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier General "Wilson, c. b. . 377 



XVI. — A Notice of the Malayan Code.— By Lieutenant T. J. 



Newbold, Aide-de-Camp 390 



XVII. — Notices of Books. 



1. — An Epitome of the History of Ceylon, compiled from 

 Native Annals : and the first Twenty Chapters of the 

 Mahawanso. — Translated by the Honorable George 

 Turnour, Esq. Ceylon Civil Service. — Ceylon, Cotta 

 Church Mission Press, 1836 393 



2. — Illustrations of the Botany, and other branches of the 

 Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of 

 the Flora of Cashmere. — By G. F. Royle, Esq. f. l. s., 



f. g. s., &c. of the H. E. I. C. Medical Establishment. . 408 

 XVIII.— Miscellanea 429 



XIX. — Proceedings of Societies. 



1. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 437 



2. — Address read before the Bombay Branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, on the 27th January 1836. — By the 

 Reverend John Wilson, President 443 



XX. — Extracts. 



Sketches of the Meteorology, Geology, Agriculture, Bota- 

 ny, and Zoology of the Southern Mahratta Country. — 

 By Alexander Turnbull Christie, m. d 452 



On the Soil suitable for Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar, and the 

 Tea plant.— By Mr. H. Piddington 483 



Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Vol. 

 xvii. Part 2d, 1835 488 



Chemical Analysis of Tabasheer.— By Thomas Thomp- 

 son, m. d., f. r. s. l. and e., &c, Regius Professor of 

 Chemistry in the University of Glasgow 490 



Halley's Comet s 494 



Meteorological Journal kept at the Madras Observatory. 

 —By T. G. Taylor, Esq. H. E. I. C, Astronomer... . 497 



