"It will flourish, if naturalists, chemists, antiquaries, philologers, and men of science, in different
parts of Asia will commit their observations to writing, and send them to the Asiatic Society in
Calcutta ; it will languish, if such communications shall be long intermitted; and will die away, if
they shall entirely cease."-SIR WM. JONES.

CALCUTTA:

Bishop's College Press.

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Contents.

No. 85.-JANUARY.

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By Lieut. Leach,

Translated, with Anno-

Prefatory Notice,

I.—A Grammar of the Pashtoo or Afghanee Language.

II.-Sisupala Badha, or death of Sisupala by Mágha.

tations, by J. C. C. Sutherland, Esq.

III.-On the Distribution of European Birds. By W. Jameson, Esq., Bengal

Medical Service,

IV.-On a new Genus of the Fissirostral Tribe. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., Cata-

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V.-Two new species of Meruline Birds. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., Catamandu

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VI.-On the Egyptian system of Artificial Hatching. By Don Sinbaldo Demas

mandu (with plate), ..

(with plate),

(with plate),

H. Majesty's troops in India,

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VII.-Dr. Burke's Report on the Value of Life among the Officers and Men in

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VIII. Observations on the Burmese and Munipoor Varnish Tree.

Wallich, Esq. M.D. (with plate),

IX.-Proceedings of the Asiatic Society,

X.-Meteorological Register,

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No. 86.

FEBRUARY.

I.-Report on the Settlement of the ceded District of Azimgurh, commonly

called Chuklah Azimgurh. By J. Thomason, Esq.

III.-Report on the Coal and Iron Mines of Tálcheer and Ungool, &c. &c. By

Mr. M. Kittoe,

IV-Objects of Research in Affghanistan. By Professor Lassen,

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V.-On the detection of Arsenical Poisons, &c. &c. By W. B. O'Shaughnessy,

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No. 87.-MARCH.

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I.-Notice of an Inscription on a Slab discovered in February, 1838, by Capt.

T. S. Burt, Bengal Engineers, in Bundelkhund, near Chhatarpur,

II.-Account of a Journey to Beylah, and Memoir on the Province of Lus. By

Lieut. Carloss, Indian Navy,

III.-On three new species of Musk (Moschus) inhabiting the Himalayan dis-

tricts. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq.

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IV.-On Isinglass in Polynemus sele, Buch., a species which is very common

in the Estuaries of the Ganges. By J. M'Clelland, Assistant Surgeon, (with