CONTENTS. 



Page. 



I. A Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Kotas on the 



Nilagiri Hills. By the Revd. F. Metz. . „ 1 



II. On the Geological age of the Sandstones containing Fossil 



Wood, at Trivicary, near Pondicherry. By H. F. Blan- 

 ford, of the Geological Survey of India 47 



III. Notes Antiquarian and Mythical. By M. J. Walhouse, 



Esq., C.S........ , 53 



IV. The Genus Impatiens. — Description of New Species from the 



Anamallay Hills. By Lieut. R. H. Beddome 66 



V. Numismatic Gleanings. No. 2. By Hon'ble "Walter Eiliot, 



Esq., Madras Civil Service 75 



SELECTIONS. 



1.— - Observation on the Poison of the Upas Antiar. By Professor 

 Albert Kolliker. 2. — On the Brine-springs of Cheshire. By 

 Augustus Beauchamp Northcote, F. c. s.,. Senior Assistantin the 

 Royal College of Chemistry. 3. — On the Properties of Wood 

 Oil. By M. Guibourt. 4.— Mr. Wayne on the Oil of Cotton 

 Seed. 5.— Order Radiata 



Notes and Queries „ 141 



OBITUARY. 



J. Forbes Royle, M. D., F. R. s 145 



PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



1. — Proceedings of the Managing Committee of the Madras Lite- 



rary Society, April 8th, 1858. 149 



2. — Do. do. do. May 13th, 1858. 153 



3. — Do. do. do. July 8th, 1858. 157 



4. — Do. do. do. August 12th, 1858. 158 



5. — Do. do. do. September 9th, 1858. 158 



6. — Proceedings of the Agri-Horticultural Society, March 3d, 1858. 159 



7. — Do. do. do. June 9th, 1858. 160 



8. — Do, do. do. July 21st, 1858, 162 



9. — Proceedings of the Photographic Society, March 4th, 1858. 163 

 10,-- Do. do. do. April 1st, 1858. 167 



METEOROLOGY. 



Extract from Meteorological Observations kept at the Madras Ob- 

 servatory, from April to Sept 1858 177,178 



