INDEX. 
391 
Page. 
Lepchas, some account of, 93, 
177; vocabulary of, 181 
Leslie's differential thermometer; 
errors in the graduation of, 23 
Levels in Calcutta ; table of, 206 
Library of Useful Knowledge, 259 
Light ; polarization of, on the, 105 
Lime, Sylhet, manufacture of, 61 
Lithography, method of effacing in, 166 
Longitude, of Benares, 151 ; deter- 
mination of, accuracy obtainable 
in, 8 
Lyell, C. and Murchison, R. J. 
Messrs, ; on the excavation of 
vallies, t 242 
M. on the rent of land in India, 134 
MacCulloch, Dr. ; his junction of 
granite and sandstone, 39 
Mandu ; some account of, 342 
Mantis tribe of insects; remarks on, 284 
Manufacture of Sylhet lime, 61 
Mean temperature of Calcutta, 286 
Measure of temperature, on the, 
148,278, 312,335, 363 
Medical and Physical Society; pro- 
ceedings of, 35, 72, 135, 29), 
355, . 386 
Melania ; Description of the ani- 
mal of, 21 
Minerals ; examination of the, col- 
lected by E. Stirling, Esq. 375 
Miscellaneous Notices, 31,68, 102, 
133, 165, 199, 257, 290, 321 
Missions subservient to the pro- 
gress of science, 134 
il/Jr ; on raising water by, 32 
Mountain land ; on different methods 
of shading, 52, 128 
Mountains, North-western; on the 
climate of, 26,245, 283, 319 
Nepal Paper, 13d 
Netherlands India Government; 
proceedings in regard to the set- 
tlement of the Cocos Islands, 296 
Notices, of European Science, 39 ; 
Miscellaneous, 31, 68; of books, 
167, 229, . , 259 
North-western mountains ; on the 
climate of, 127, 245, 283, ol9 
Novaculina ; description of, 63 
Opium-eater ; an, on the package of 
valuable drugs, 58 
Orang-otang ; notice of, 
Oranges ; method of preserving, i Jo 
Overfiowingwells;on,263 ;Springs, 
boring for, 
P.’s census of Benares, 2o 
Package of valuable drugs; on the, 58 
Paper, Nepal, 135; contraction 
and expansion of, 34 
Palamu ; on the coal field of, 217 
Paludina ; a species of, remarks on 
its property of enduring drought, 125 
Page . 
Persian language ; proposed to sub- 
stitute Hindustani for, in all pub- 
lic proceedings, 196 
P. G. on the climate of the North- 
western mountains, 127, 245, 283 
Pliil-harmonicus ; on the repair of 
violin bows, 34 
Physical Class Asiatic Society, 71, 
228, 385 
Plane table surveying, 4 
Plants ; Hindustani synonimes of, 183 
Plunger Pump ; description of, 253 
Poggendorf on Artesian Wells, 26,-> 
Polarization of light ; on the, 105 
Population of Benares, 25 ; of 
Madras, _ 68 
Premiums offered by the Horticul- 
tural Society, 292 
Preserving Oranges ; method of, 103 
Prinsep, J. Esq.; bis examination 
of the minerals collected by E. 
Stirling, Esq. 375 
Proceedings of Societies, 35, /), 
135, 267, 227, 291 , 355, 38} 
Progress of Science in India, 165 
P. T. on the tides of the river 
Hoogli, 13 ; on filling up the Salt 
water Lakes, 201 
Pump Plunger; description of, 253 
Rain in Calcutta ; query on, 135 
Raising water; on, 1°5 
Rees, Mr V. ; his formulae for the 
broken wires of a transit Teles- 
cope, 33 
Rent of Land in India, 30, 129, 
134, 251, , 255 
Repeating circle ; description of, 9 
Report on Babbage’s calculating 
Engine, 96 
Respiratory organs of certain fish- 
es in the Ganges ; on the, 196 
Revenue, Land; on, 220 
Ricardo, Mr. ; his erroneous doc- 
trines in Political Economy, 233 ; 
his system of Wealth and Value, 323 
Rice Paper, Chinese, 134, 166 
Richardson, Dr ; his journey into 
northern Laos, 211 
River steam navigation in France, 32 1 
Ross, Mr. ; his settlement on the 
Cocos Islands, 294 
Route from Pekengyeh to Aeng, in 
Aracan ; narrative of, S3 
S.’s account of a boring for water, 225 
Sabine, Captain ; his opinion of the 
repeating circle, 10 ; remarks on 
his observations with the repeat- 
ing circle, 231 
Sage, Captain; his proceedings with 
regard to the coal mines of 
Palamu, 219 
Safety tube ; on a substitute for, 31 
Salt Water Lakes ; on the, 201 
