CONTENTS of Vol. II. 



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I. A Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Todars of the Nilagiri 



Mountains. By the Rev. P. Metz, German Evangelical Mission. 

 (Continued from Page 146, Vol. 1.) 1 



II. A Memoir on the Ancient Reservoirs at Aden. By Lieut. R. L. Play- 



fair, Madras Artillery, Assistant Political Resident, Aden. - 25 



III. The Tamil Epic ChintamanL By the Rev. P. Percival. - 43 



IV. Entomological Papers, being descriptions of New Ceylon Coleoptera, 



with observations on their habits, Sec. By J ohn Nietner, Colombo, 

 Ceylon, (No. IV.) ... - - 60 



V. Observations on Provincial Exhibitions, and the improvement of the 



Resources of the Madras Presidency. By J. Forbes Royle, m. d., 64 



VI. Journal of an Expedition over the Anamullay Mountains for the pur- 



pose of examining the Teak Forests, and ascertaining by what line 

 the Timber could best be carried to the Coast. ,By Capt. F. C. Cotton, 

 Engineers. - - - - - 80 



VII. On the Relationship existing between the Animal and Plant. By G. 



Bidie, m.d., Assistant Surgeon, Madras. - -. - 175 



VIII. Suggestions for a uniform system of "Weights and Measures throughout 



India. By W. H. Bayley, Esq., Madras Civil Service. - - 183 



IX. The Study of Living Languages. By Colonel Arthur Cotton, Madras 



Engineers. - - - - - 214 



X. A mode of taking Stereoscopic Portraits with a common Camera. By 



Lieut. L. Paxton. - 253 



XI. Report on a reputed Coal Formation at Kota on the Upper Godavery 



River. By Philip W. Wall, Mineral Viewer at Madras. - 256 



XII. On the Oxymel process in Photography. By J. Tawse, Madras. - 270 



SELECTIONS. 



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1. — New Cinghalese Plants, No. I. ----- 102 



Do. do. do. No. II. - - - . 273 



2. — Observations on Free Labor Cotton of Honduras and Yucatan, in the West 



Indies, and of Western Africa, and Natal ; also relative to East Indian 

 and Slavegrown Cotton of the United States. By James Banks, late of 

 Honduras. - - - . \\q 



3. — Aska Sugar Factory. - - 276 



4. — Wood Oil. - 283 



