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P?''ocoedings of Societies : 



[Oct. 



of the Ghats, into higher regions, and into a colder atmosphere, and is 

 thus immediately converted into rain. The paucity of rain forty or fifty 

 miles eastward of the Ghats, results from the comparatively small quan- 

 tity of vapour which escapes from the cold belt of air through which it 

 is forced to pass in the hills. 



Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the 

 Royal Asiatic Society. 



77iursday Evening, 1st October 1840.— A. D. Campbell, Esq., President 

 of the Conmittee of Papers, in the Chair, 



The following works, presented to the Society, were laid before the 

 meeting, and thanks voted to the donors : — 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 No. 11— By the Society. 



Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. 15 — By the Society. 



The India Journal of Medical and Physical Science, No. 57 — By the 

 Editor 



The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts, No. 

 53— By the Editor. 



The Chinese Secret Triad Society of the Tien-ti-Huih, 22 copies— 

 By the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 



Thursday Evening, 5th November 1840— J. Cadenhead, Esq. in the 



Chair, 



The following works, presented to the Society, were laid on the table, 

 and thanks voted to the donors : — 



The "Vishnu Purana, 4 copies — By the Madras Government. 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. 16 and 17— By the 

 Asiatic Society. 



Corbyn's India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts, 

 for September and October 1840— Nos. 54 and 55— By the Editor. 



