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If by the above means there is no sufficient 
relief, in another sutra is taaght of other soft 
and hard remedies. 
20. How to let blood in such distempers, 
when heat prevails. There are counted 77 
veins, of which any may be opened for letting 
out blood. 
21. The application of a caustic for curing 
diseases, when cold, or cold fits pi’evail. 
22. The use of a venomous mixture. 
23. On the use of medical bath, for diseased 
members. 
24. On adhibiting medicinal unguents. 
25. On medicines operating downwards. 
26. The conclusion. Though there be 
many ways (1,200) of examining the heat and 
cold prevailing in any disease, they all may be 
reduced to the following : to look on the 
tongue and urine, to feel the pulse, and to ask 
(after the circumstances of the beginning and 
progress of the disease in question. 
Art. II. — Journal of a Tour through the 
island of Rambree, with a Geological 
Sketch of the Country, and Brief Account 
of the Customs, 8fc. of its Inhabitants. 
By Lieut. Wm. Foley. 
In the widely extended circle of our In- 
dian empire there yet remains so much to 
be gathered of general intelligence both with 
respect to the manners of the inhabitants 
and the character of the soil, that we hail 
with peculiar satisfaction the exertions of 
individuals who are endeavouring to supply 
us with the required information. The 
Government is still continuing its grand 
trigonometrical survey ; but its progress is 
necessarily slow ; and in the mean while 
we rule over large tracts possessing many 
intrinsic properties with which we are, and 
would continue to be but imperfectly ac- 
quainted, were it not for the spontaneous 
efforts of a few enterprising men, whom the 
love of science stimulates to the prosecu- 
tion of such enquiry as their leisure from 
professional avocation permits. Our ob- 
ligation is the greater, inasmuch as the 
motive is wholly divested of selfishness. 
The only wish on their part, being that their 
labors may be found a useful addition to 
our stock of general information on the 
points in question. Of such a character is 
the work before us. It is written by Lieut. 
Foley, and although professing to be no 
more than a mere “sketch” of manners 
and customs with an accompanying dis- 
quisition on the geology of Rambree Island, 
comprises a great variety of interesting and 
instructive matter. The narrative is well 
drawn up, free from all pedantry in terms, 
and told after a mode so wholly unaffected, 
that those the least initiated in “nature’s 
mysteries’ ’ may derive gratification from the 
perusal. 
“ It was with the view ef throwing some 
light upon the geology of Rambree that I pre- 
pared this Journal for transmission to the 
Asiatic Society ; a consciousness of my pre- 
sent superficial information on many points 
connected with the geology of the island 
would have induced me to resei’ve this com- 
munication for a more favourable opportunity 
was I not apprehensive that such a season 
would never arrive, and that the little leisure 
I now have at my disposal must of necessity 
be devoted to duties of a professional nature. 
To a brief geological description of the island 
I have aded such other matter connected with 
the condition, and manners of the inhabitants 
as appeared deserving of mention, either from 
its novelty, or the value it may possess in the 
scale of utility.” 
Lieut. Foley commences his journey at 
Khyak Phyoo, the military cantonment of 
our Government on the Island, and skirting 
along the coast conducts us to the principal 
town of Rambree. 
In the year 1148, (Mugh series) the 
conquest of Arracan was effected by the 
Burmese, who divided the country into four 
principal districts, naming them Dwyana- 
waddee, (or Arracan Proper.) Y"amawaddj 
(Rambree Island) Megawaddie, (Cheduba) 
and Dornawaddi (Sandoway). Lieut. Foley 
supposes Cheduba to be a name given by 
the Bengalis, as the proper native name is 
Milong. 
The Island of Rambree presents along the 
coast, high land, covered for the most part 
with impenetrable jungle ; it is only in the 
interior that spots have been cleared out 
for cultivation. The geology of the island 
affords nothing very novel. The rocks are 
of the newest formation and owe their origin 
to the agency of fire. Alluvial and diluvial 
deposits are common to the whole tract. 
The Hills range from N. N. E. to S. S. E. 
and vary in their elevation from 500 to 
3,000 feet. Smaller hills, branching from 
