pense, we might promote the present Assistant Librarian on a small advance of salary; this would save about 80 rupees per mensem. But such a contingency it is to be hoped is far distant, as the Society is most fortunate in now possessing in M. CSOMA DE KOROSI a Librarian of equal celebrity and erudition. I now beg leave to recapitulate briefly the measures I would suggest in order to extricate us from our old debt and bring our expenditure nearly within our income. 1st. The immediate payment of 1182 Rupees to Mr. Ridsdale, of Bishop's College Press. 2d. The payment of 4730 Rupees cash, and an instalment of 500 Rupees per mensem to the Baptist Mission Press, and the suspension of Oriental publications until the debt of 8000 Rupees is liquidated. 3d. The arrangement of the Museum on the scale above noted. 4th. The opening of a subscription for 1500 Rupees to provide furniture, cabinets, &c. for the new rooms. On completing these arrangements our Expenditure will be: To meet this deficit we must unfortunately draw on our scanty cash balance every month until some opportunity presents itself for bringing our income and outlay on an exact par; meanwhile we must adopt one principle firmly, namely-"to allow no expense under the item of 'Contingencies' to be passed in any Department without the special order of the Committee of Papers." 19th June, 1839. (Signed) W. B. O'SHAUGHNESSY, The sense of the Meeting having been taken by the President, was declared unanimously favorable to all the above propositions except the 4th. These were accordingly adopted and will be acted on from the first of August. Instead of a subscription it was decided by the Meeting to furnish the new rooms from the cash balance remaining, and that no appeal should be made to the members for extra aid, as long as any funds remained available. Meteorological Register, kept at the Assay Office, for the Month of May, 1839. Forenoon, 10 a. M. Temperature. Aqueous Hygrometry. tension. Weather. 1234567893 29,600 29,595 86,1 80,3 89,8 75,5 5,5 7,1 92 6478 82 cum. strat. ,649 ,590 ,615,594 86,7 80,191,3 75,0 10,6 10,8 87 60 60 72 ,641 86,5 80,0 89,9 73,6 9,2 9,6 89 60 65 76 s. ,587 85,9 79,8 85,5 73,5 8,7 8,7 89 E. cirrus. hazy. 29,453 ,479 29,443 92,3 73,0 7,7 9,2 91 5571 ,455 95,7 69,5 14,7 15,4 81 4750 61 0. E. 2 cum. strat. ,527 ,527 91,3 70,2 12,3 11,6 84 51 55 67 n. 69 65 76 n. E.1 do. do. ,499 ,495 93,9 66,0 16,4 16,4 79 42 43 57 n. e. 2 S. W.6 E. 2 e. 2 nimbi threatg fine. cirrus. nimbi cy. do. do. ART. XIV. Meteorological Register. 442 ART. XV.-Meteorological Register kept at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, for the Month of June, 1839. Observations. Cldy.(Nim, on the zenith,),462 ,500 83,0 82,8 81,9 Calm, 15 ,604 83,3 81,5 81,5 Calm, Cirro-strati, 29 ,500 81,7 79,9 79,0 S.. 30 ,530 82,0 80,0 80,0 Calm, Cirro strati, 31 Mean. 29,491 81,6 80,0 79,7 Light Cirro strati, Cirro-strati, cumuli, cumuli, cloudy, nimbi rain, [sionally,) cldy. (nimbi rain nimbi interspersed, cloudy (nimbi,) cloudy (sunshine,) cloudy, ,536 84,4 90,8 84,4 s. e... ,499 83,7 88,8 83,7 s. e. .. ,440 86,4 89,0 83,5j... cloudy, ,410 84,8 87,9 83,5 e..... ,403 84,2 87,0 83,0 s. e... ,462 83,4 86,0 83,5 s. b. e. ,504 84,5 87,0 84,2 s. b. e. ,520 84,5 85,2 83,0 S..... ,506 83,4 84,9 82,8 s... ,474 83,2 85,0 83,0 s..... 85,0 87,5 82,3 s. w... hazy, A few cirro cumuli, ,500 87.0 91,2 84,5 s. w... ,490 87,6 93,0 85,5 s. w... clear, ,564 87,5 91,0 87,0 s. w... clear, cumuli, ,570 89,0 89,7 84,0 s..... ,650 86,0 89,5 83,8 s.....cumuli, ,592 86,3 93,0 87,2 s. e. .. ,600 85,6 91,0 85,0 s. e. .. ,647 85,6 90,0 84,5 S... ,600 87,2 90,0 84,5 s..... ,522 82,5 83,0 81,9 S..... ,532 82,5 84,3 83,0 Clam, ,560 81,9 81,5 80,9 s..... ,613 81,7 85,5 83,0 s. e... ,630 85,0 85,5 84,8 s..... ,576 83,2 85,0 82,8 S... .. ,548 84,4 87,0 83,2 S... .. ,566 83,1 86,5 83,0 s... .. cumuli, cumuli, cumuli, b. s. cloudy (Nimbi & cum.,),452 85,7 87,5 83,2 S. cloudy (Nimbi,) clody (Nimbi) ...cloudy, ..cum. str.& Nimbi, (gather-,428 84,9 86,0 82,5 S. E...nimbi distt. thunder, ,536 87,9 92,7 85,2 N. E. Cumuli, ,475 86,6 90,8 84,4 E. b. S. Cumnli, ,428 86,7 89,0 85,5 E. b.N., Cloudy, Cloudy, ,400 87,0 86,7 88,0 E. ,460 85,7 94,0 86,1 E. ,483 87,0 88,0 84,0 S. ,506 85,7 87,2 84,5 S. ,494 84,6 88,0 84,5 S. ,474 86,7 90,0 85,5 S. ,462 87,6 90,0 83,5 S. W. ,500 90,3 93,5 85,0 S. W. ,480 91,9 96,0 86,5 S. W. Cloudy, Nimbi interspersed, ,440 85,5 87,5 83,9 E. ,396 85,5 86,8 84,3 E. ,350 84,5 84,0 82,0 E. ,429 85,9 87,0 84,0 s. s ,150 87,1 90,2 85,5 s. ,460 85,5 87,0 84,8 s. ,447 84,6 88,5 84,8 s. ,422, 87,3 91,0 86,2,s. ,557 89,9 93,2 86,9 S. Cldy.& Hazy (sunshine,),436 86,6 92,1 85,0 S. W... ,580 88,0 92,6 86,6 Calm, Cloudy, ,592 88,3 93,2 85,9 E. b. S. Cumuli, [cum.,666 88,0 90,0 84,5 S. E. to ,582 89,3 91,0 85,2 S. ,510 83,0 83,0 82,1 S... light clouds inclining cloudy partial haze, cumuli, cumuli and haze, Detached Clds. to the W.,560 84,5 87,0 83,8 s. w...nimbi rain, ,520 82,5 81,0 79,8 s. ,542 82,0 81,6 82,0 S. Cloudy, Cumuli and Haze, Cloudy Light Drizzling, ..Cloudy, Cloudy Light sunshine, ,600 81,8 85,9 83,3 S. E.. Cloudy, ,620 85,7 86,0 83,0 S. ,570 86,6 90,2 85,0 S. ,548 86,3 89,0 84,1 S. ,555 86,3 89,0 84,5 S, ,550 87,0 88,3 86,5 S. ,559 85,5 86,0 83,0 S. ,536 86,7 89,0 84,4 Cloudy, Cloudy partially, Cloudy and Cumuli, Cloudy (Nimbi,) ,435 84,6 87,9 84,6 S. ,438 82,8 84,7 82,0 calm, cloudy nimb, to the south ,387 87,2 90,0 86,9 S. cumuli & haze, [shine,),394 83,5 86,0 83,8 calm, cloudy and hazy, cirro-strati, ,422 86,6 92,0 84,0 S. W. cldy. & hazy (light sun-1,426 83,0 86,6 83,5 s.... ,447 90,0 94,6 86,5 W.b.S. to the w. light clouds, ,450 83,8 87,7 84,5 calm, clear, ,428 92,2 95,8 88,5 S. W. light haze, ,436 85,0 88,0 86,2 calm, generally clear, ,478 90,0 93,9 87,5 S. W. cumulo strati & cumuli, ,484 84,9 86,0 83,5 calm, clear, ,550 89,5 91,2 85,8 S.... cumulo strati, ,550 88,8 90,0 84,7 S...... cir. strati, ,540 84,2 83,5 81,5 Calm, drizzling rain, ,522 85,7 83,9 83,0 S..... nimbi interspersed, cloudy, cloudy, 442 83,5 84,3 83,0 s. cloudy and misty, ,427 83,6 85,0 83,0|S. hazy & misty, 470 82,0 82,0 79,0 s. 480 82,2 82,5 82,3 s. cloudy, , ,524 87,6 88,2 84,2 s. 546 82,0 84,5 83,2 s. 551 84,0 87,7 84,0 e. 536 86,0 90,2 84,0 s. ,518 85,5 90,2 83,4 s. ,542 86,6 90,0 84,0 s. ,53 83,0 82,0 80,0,s. 38,5 86,0 88,8 84,0 s. ,492 86,2 89,2 84,4 cloudy, cloudy, cloudy and hazy, ..to the s. dense nimbi, cloudy and hazy, cloudy partially, haze, cloudy and haze, cloudy, ...cumuli, ,450 81,0 82,2 81,0 S, E... cloudy, ,530 83,7 87,0 84,0 S. ,469 85,7 87,4 83,8 nimbi rain, cloudy, partially cloudy, light haze. .... haze and a few cum. cloudy, cloudy (cumuli,) ,557 85,8 85,3 83,2 calm, light cirro-strati, [w. n. w.] ,474 83,6 84,3 82,2 cloudy (cirro-strati,) light cirro-strati, ART. XVI.-Meteorological Register, kept at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, for the Month of July, 1839. Observations made at Apparent Noon. Temperature. Wind. 123456789: 29,530 82,1 80,8 80,0 Calm. Cirro Strati, ,524 82,5 80,9 80,8 Calm. Cloudy Drizg. ,420 81,6 80,0 79,0 Calm. S. cl. rst. lt. ,524 81,5 80,0 79,0 Calm. Cirro Strati. Cloudy. ,570 87,9 91,0 85,8 S..... Cumuli. ,560 82,2 83,0 81,0 S. Cloudy. ,536 86,4 91,9 86,8 S..... Cloudy. cum.,522 86,8 91,0 86,8 S. W. N. cum. str. dis. thun.,471 84,0 85,5 85,5 ,474 82,5 83,0 81,1 S.... Clouds Cirro strati. ,490 82,8 88,0 84,9 S. E. Cirro Strati. ,480 86,0 87,2 83,0 S. W. Cumuli. ,452 86,9 93,0 86,5 S.....cumuli & partial ,600 81,8 80,0 79,0s.w.lgt Cloudy Nimbi. ,602 79,2 77,0 76,9 S. W. cld. & Drizzling. 10 ,590 82,0 80,9 80,0 Calm. Cloudy. 16 17 18 19 ,580 79,6 79,0 78,5 S..... Cloudy. ,574 80,0 79,6 79,0 e. b. s. Cloudy & Misty. ,564 80,5 80,0 79,1 Calm. Cloudy. 23 24 ,552 80,8 80,2 79,0 Calm. Cirro Strati. ,500 80,5 81,8 80,0 E. 30 31 ,624 81,9 81,0 79,0 S..... Nimbi, raining. ,519 88,7 91,0 87,0 110,0 S.....Cumuli. ,447 82,5 83,0 81,2 sunsh.,462 83,0 84,0 82,9 666 77,7 75,0 75,0 S. W.lov. cst. hv. rain. ,652 78,7 79,0 77,5 S. W. Cloudy and Nimbi. ,689 78,4 77,0 76,8 S.b. w. ov. cst. raining..,689 80,7 82,0 79,0 S. W. Cloudy. ,540 86,4 87,0 83,0 S. W. Cloudy. ,606 82,7 84,0 81,5 S. E. Cloudy. ,638 80,5 80,8 78,3 S. W. Cloudy. 110,0 S. E. E. 674 78,8 79,5 77,7 S. W. cloudy& drizzling ,656 78,0 79,0 77,0 S. W. Cloudy Nimbi drizzling.,600 79,9 81,0 79,5 ,612 82,5 87,0 83,2 E. ,604 84,3 85,1 81,9 E. 99 Cumuli. Cumuli and Haze. ,620 85,5 90,0 83,4 s. b. e. Cumuli & lt. N. zth clr.,590 84,5 88,0 83,5 ,609 83,7 89,9 84,5 E. Cumuli. ,574 83,0 87,2 83,0 ,590 85,6 88,8 83,5 E. ,540 85,4 91,5 84,0 cloudy & lt. Nbi,526 87,8 91,2 85,3 e. b. n. zth. clr. N. on the hozn. ,486 85,6 89,2 84,9 It. Nbi. &ft.susne.,540 86,9 91,0 85,2 E. N. & Cli. strati (zth.clr.),480 87,7 93,0 85,2 lt. cir. str. & Mts. ,530 88,4 89,5 83,9 E. Nimbi. ,490 83,4 83,0 81,0 Nbi. ind. rn. ocly.,529 81,0 81,0 79,5 E. E. Cldy. Nbi. instd.,558 84,3 86,9 83,0 S. E. Cloudy (N. & Cli. sune.),532 81,6 81,0 80,0 over cast Nimbi (drzig.),492 82,2 83,0 81,5 ,580 79,8 78,9 78,6 S.....nimbiinterpersed.,628 80,0 78,9 78,5 S..... over cast raining.,610 80,5 79,9 79,0 w. b. s. Nimbi raining. ,580 79,5 78,0 78,0 S.....overcast raining.,644 79,9 80,0 78,9 S..... Mimbi clrg. ,634 82,2 83,9 81,5 S. E. Clouds. .,564 80,0 79,9 79,0 Calm. Cirro Strati. ,612 83,8 86,0 83,2 S. W. Cirro strati. ,540 80,5 80,0 79,2 Calm. nimbi& Cir. Strati.,590 83,2 86,0 81,0s. W. Cloudy. cir. st. & It. nimbi,540 83,5 84,2 81,5 E. ,496 80,0 79,9 79,0 E. Nimbi raining. ,500 80,2 79,9 79,0 e. b. s. Nimbi raining. Mean. 29,509 81,2 80,1 79,4 ,564 82,8 84,9 81,8 ,522 84,2 88,0 82,5 S..... Cloudy and Cumuli. Calm. Nimbi, S. W. Nimbi interspersed.,532 84,4 87,0 83,9 S. ,499 83,9 85,6 81,7 ,507 82,2 82,6 80,8 0,88 0,90 12345678 JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. No. 90.-JUNE, 1839. ART. I.-Extracts from the Narrative of an Expedition into the Naga territory of Assam. By E. R. GRANGE, Esq. Sub-Assistant to the Commissioner, Assam. On the morning of the 5th January, 1839, I left my encampment below the village of Dikkling, or Dhemra, with the detachment of Assam Seebundees at nine o'clock, and crossing the river entered a newly cut road which conducted us to the Dyung again, about half a mile above the village in a southerly direction, where we crossed the river, and found a very good path which brought us to the village of Somboo at 1 P. M., a distance of about nine miles. The first three-quarters of the road was through a flat country covered with forest trees and light underwood; the latter part the ground became undulating, and still covered with forest. Somboogong is a village consisting of about twenty or twenty-five large houses, situated on a low hill on the right bank of the Dyung river; the inhabitants are Cacharees, they cultivate lands on both sides of the river, but chiefly in Cachar, asserting that the soil on the left bank is of a more productive nature than on the east; several families here had formerly come from Semker, having left that place in consequence of the incursions of the Angamee Nagas. The passage to Somboo from the Dyung-mook by water was said to be two days journey on account of the number of Silbatahs, or weirs. The language of the Cacharees of this and all the other villages I met, was totally different from that of the inhabitants of the plain, though they all go by the same name; the Hill Cacharee is called Hoje, and that chiefly spoken on the plains called Ramsa. |