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Art. I.— Description of theLaccadive Islands. ByW. Robinson. Esq., of 



the Civil Service, l 

 II. — Visit to Mount Sinai, to which is prefixed a brief Geological 



Sketch of the Peninsula of Sinai. By Captain Newbold, - 47 



III. — Notice of the Habits of the large Indian Boa or Rock Snake. 



By Lord Arthur Hay, 74 



IV. — On Supposed early Celtic or Scythian Vestiges, remaining in 



various parts of the Carnatic. By the Rev. W, Taylor, - 78 



V. — Report of the Sub -Committee of the Literary Society appointed 



to examine the Collection of Native MSS. committed to the 

 Society's charge by the Government of Fort St. George, - 97 



VI. —A Supplement to the Six Reports on Mackenzie Manuscripts, 



(heretofore printed in the Madras Journal of Literature and 

 Science.) By the Rev. Vt'illiam Taylor, - - - - 112 



VII. — Meteorological Observations at Madras, - > - - 159 

 VIII. — Notices : 



Rhinoceros Oswelli, - - - - - - - -169 



The Journal of the Indian Archipelago, - - - - 170 



Hindu Remains in the Eastern Archipelago, - - - 171 

 Extract from Mr. H. Low's work on Sarawak, - - - 172 

 IX. — Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of 



the Royal Asiatic Society, - = 173 



