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CONTENTS. 



Page. 



VIII.— Essay on the Creed, Customs and Literature of the Jan- 

 gams.— By C. P. Brown, Esq 143 



IX.— On the Cultivation of Cotton in India.— By J. M. Heath, 



Esq 178 



X.— On Indian Iron and Steel ; in a Letter addressed to the. 

 . Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain 



and Ireland.— By J. M. Heath, Esq 184 



XI. — Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary 



of the Royal Asiatic Society 192 



XII.— Note by the Editor 200 



XIII. — Hourly Meteorological Observations made at the Honour- 

 able Corapany*s Observatory on the 2Ist of December 



1839 201 



Meteorological Register kept at the Madras Observatory ; 

 for the months of October, November and December 

 1839 202 



