CONTENTS. 



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Art. I.— A Guide to the Sculptures, Excavations and other remarkable sub- 

 jects at Mamallaipiir, generally known to Europeans as "the 

 seven Pagodas" by the late Lieutenant John Braddock, of 

 the Madras Establishment. To which are added some Ar- 

 chaeological Notes, by the Reverend William Taylor, and a 

 Supplementary account of the remains at Salvan Cuppam, 

 by Walter Elliot Esq. Communicated by the Reverend 

 George William Mahon, a m., Garrison Chaplain Fort St. 



George....*.. . =. 1 



II. -Sixth Report on Mackenzie Manuscripts. ( Concluding Section) 



by the Rev. W. Taylor • 57 



III. — Translation and Analysis of the ancient documents engraved 



on copper in possession of the Syrian Christians and Jews of 

 Malabar. By the Rev. H. Gundert 115 



IV. — Farther observations on the Pondicherry Fossils by C.T. 



Kaye, Esq 147 



V,— On a fragment of Greek Pottery from Afghanistan 154 



VI. — Supplement to the Catalogue ofbirds of the Peninsula of India. 



by T. C. JerdohEsq.. 156 



VII. - Notice of Chantry's statue of Sir Thomas Munro 174 



VIII. —On rain Gu ages and Registry of river freshes by Captain 



Best Engineers.. . » ..5 178 



IX. — Effects of the famine of 1&33, by Captain Best Engineers .... 186 



X. — Observations of the dip of the needle taken at different sta- 



tions in Southern India during the month of December 1843 

 and January and April 1844 by Lieutenant S. O. E. Ludlow 195 



XL— Notices— Pondicherry Fossils 211 



Discovery of Roman Coins in the Coimbatore 



District - 212 



Occurrence of Graphite in Tinnevelly and Tra- 



vajicore - 215 



Language of the Gonds or Goands 216 



Discovery of Sulphate of Barytes in the E. 



Ghauts by Captain Newbold 218 



The Syrian Church in China 219 



XII.— Review. Jerdon's Illustration of Ornithology 220 



XIII. -Abstract of the Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society. 222 



