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JOURNAL

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY

BENGAL.

VOL. I.

THE

JOURNAL

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY

BENGAL.

EDITED BY

JAMES PRINSEP, F. R. S.

SECRETARY OF THE PHYSICAL CLASS, ASIATIC SOCIETY.

VOL. I.

JANUARY TO DECEMBER,

1832.

“ 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 at Calcutta; it will languish, if such communications shall be long
intermitted; and it will die away, if they shall entirely cease.”

Sir Wm. Jones.

Calcutta i

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1832.

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GLEANINGS IN SCIENCE;

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THE EDITOR.

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PREFACE

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The Asiatic Society, on the 7th March, 1032*, passed a reso-
lution, that the monthly journal hitherto published under the name
of “ Gleanings in Science,” should be permitted to assume that
of Journal of the Asiatic Society, and to continue it as long
as the publication remains under the charge of one or both of the
Secretaries of the Society. This privilege has, as it was anticipated,
been the means of extending very considerably its circulation, while
it has given a character and authenticity to the work, by its connection
with an institution of established literary reputation, which no ano-
nymous magazine, however well conducted, could hope to command.

The advantages of extended circulation have reacted to the
benefit of subscribers, by enabling the Editor to increase the
quantity of letter press from 400 to nearly 600 pages ; and yet so
constant has been the growing support of its contributors, that
the pages of the Journal have been devoted, with few excep-
tions, to the insertion of original communications.

To many readers it would doubtless have been preferable
that the Journal should contain more copious extracts from Eng-
lish scientific periodicals, which are not procurable in the interior
of India ; but conceding that, as an organ of Indian scientific
intelligence, it must obviously derive its only merit among the ma-
ny similar periodicals of the present day, from its stores of oriental
literary and physical research, it will be generally acknowledged,
that the first object of the work should be to give publicity
to such oriental matter as the antiquarian, the linguist, the
traveller, and the naturalist may glean, in the ample field
open to their industry in this part of the world. While acting

* The January number was not published until the middle of March.

Since then exertions have been made to bring up arrears, and in future each
monthly number will appear with regularity on the 10th of the following
month ; the insertion of the meteorological register rendering an earlier issue
impossible.

Vlll

PREFACE.

on this principle, however, the Editor has not lost sight of
the great utility of following, as far as means would permit, the
progress of the various sciences at home, especially such as are
connected in any way with Asia ; the only limits thereto being
want of space, and want of time to peruse and extract from the vast
number of publications of the present day. W ant of room also
precluded the possibility of republishing the proceedings of the
Medical and of the Horticultural Societies ; but this had become
less urgent since both of those useful bodies adopted the excellent
rule of giving early publicity to their own proceedings and records.

To the Asiatic Society the Journal has naturally looked for its
most frequent and interesting communications; and in consequence
of its more intimate connection with that Institution, the proceed-
ings of that body have been given in greater detail than heretofore,
so that absent members may learn exactly what passes at its
meetings, and what accessions are made from time to time
to its library and its museum. Many absent members have
complained of the quarterly subscriptions they were hereto-
fore called upon to pay, while they remained in ignorance
of what was going forward ; this source of objection is now
obviated, and perhaps a still greater amendment may yet be ef-
fected for their benefit, by an arrangement that all members of
the Society shall receive a copy of the Journal gratis, which
will reduce their annual payments nearly one fourth.

It is unnecessary to recapitulate the contents of the present
volume, or to allude in anonymous praise to those who have
favored its pages with their assistance ; since the authors have,
in most cases, on suggestion, permitted their writings to be
authenticated by the insertion of their names, as should always be
the case in matters of fact, observation, and research. One il-
lustrious name however must not be passed over without a tribute
of gratitude for its valued and frequent contributions, a tribute
more sincerely paid, since India has now lost the power and the
claim to their continuance ; she has resigned her most eminent
oriental scholar to climes where his talents may find more genial
appreciation, but where they cannot excite more respect or ad-
miration, than they will ever command in the land which called
forth their energies and directed their application.

PREFACE.

The learned Societies at home will be proud to publish the
continuation of the Analyses of the Puranas, of which the four
first have appeared in these pages. Abstracts of four only were
ready for the press, but translations of the remainder of the eigh-
teen Puranas themselves had been completed under the superin-
tendence of Professor Wilson, before he quitted India.

Mr. Alexander Csoma’s indefatigable labour, in opening to us
a first acquaintance with the literature of Tibet, will be estimated
as it deserves by literary men — a contracted circle perhaps, because
deep erudition and study are requisite to form critics capable of
appreciating the nature and bearing of his peculiar researches upon
the history, languages, and religions of other nations, both ancient
and modern. All may however feel sensible of the devotion, zeal,
and perseverance, which are necessary to lead a man, alone and
unpaid, into a distant and wild country, to learn its language, and
study its people at the fountain head. The volumes of notes which
Mr. Csoma has presented to the Asiatic Society, will, it is hoped,
be published in their Researches at length.

In furtherance of the desire of the Government, the greater
part of Dr. Buchanan’s Statistics of Dinajpur has been printed in
a detached form, as commenced by the Editor of the Gleanings;
and to complete the work more speedily, two extra numbers have
been issued in the course of the year. It will be remarked, that
there are many plates referred to in the text : the drawings
alluded to are in possession of the Honorable Court of Direc-
tors, along with the original manuscripts; it was thought better
to preserve the references, in case the Hon’ble Court might here-
after be persuaded to publish them, either in a separate form, or of a
size adapted to the present edition. It must not be forgotten, that
it is this undertaking which gained to the Gleanings the valuable
privilege of free postage through the Bengal Presidency. The
Editor is happy to announce, that the same boon has, in the most
liberal manner, and without any solicitation, been extended to the
Presidency of Bombay and to the Government of Ceylon, by their
enlightened Governors, His Excellency the Earl of Clare, and
the Right Honorable Sir R. W. Horton, to whom his thanks are
thus publicly and respectfully addressed.

PREFACE.

To his numerous correspondents, the Editor can but proffer
thanks for past, and solicitations for future, support, bidding them
remember that, the scope and object of this publication embraces
the literature, the manners, the geography, physical and mineral,
the arts, the natural productions of Asia, the phenomena of its
climate, and observations of the heavens. In the words of the
illustrious founder of the Asiatic Society, “ the bounds of its
investigation will be the geographical limits of Asia ; and within
these limits its inquiries will be extended to whatever is performed
by man or produced by nature.”

Dedicated, by permission , to

LADY XV. C. BENTINCK,

TREATISE

THE MUSIC OF HINDOOSTAN,

COMPRISING A DETAIL OF

THE A^CIE^T THEORY

AND

MODERN PRACTICE.

The similarity of the music of Egypt and Greece to that
of this country has been traced and pointed out : harmony
and melody have been compared : and time noticed. The
varieties of song have been enumerated, and the character
of each detailed : a brief account of the principal Musicians
superadded, and the work concluded with a short alphabe-
tical glossary of the most useful musical Terms.

CAPTAIN N. WILLARD,
Commanding in the Service of H. H. the Nuwah of Banda.

Price to Subscribers, Sa. Rs. 8.

PROSPECTUS

A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan -was much wanted.
The scanty information obtainable through the channels of Dr.
Gilchrist and Sir William Jones, are neither of themselves
sufficient to fill this chasm, nor do they elicit light sufficient to
enable one to grope through the various obscure writings in
the vernacular languages and dialects. The songs set to music
by Mr. Bird and Mr. Walkier, are of the more modern style,
and not of the ancient school ; so that, instead of elucidating the
theory, they lead us into confusion, when compared with the ta-
bles of Rags and Raginees given by Sir W. Jones.

The forthcoming work has been written with the view of
describing in some measure, the theory and practice of the origi-
nal music of Hindoostan, but chiefly to unfold the beauties of
which it is susceptible. The extravagant eulogium offered to
the music of ancient Greece, and the striking similarity which
appeared to the author to exist between that and the subject to
he treated of in this work, has led him to point them out, in
the hope that, should a taste for the music of this country obtain
among the professors of the science in Europe, it might perhaps
conduce to the elucidation and revival of a much-desired and
lost branch of knowledge, namely, the music of ancient Egypt
and Greece.

For this purpose it appeared to the author, that a bare trans-
lation of any of the existing native works would not suffice. All
who have been taught music are so much accustomed to the
European way of explaining it, that every other must necessarily
appear uncouth and preposterous. In the arrangement of this
woik, therefore, the European system has been adopted.

CONTENTS.

Preface. A general view of the plan and contents of the work.

Introduction. Music. Its power on the human mind. That of Hin-
doostan. The opinion of the Natives with respect to their ancient mu-
sicians. How a knowledge of it may be acquired. Not generally liked
by Europeans. Reasons assigned for this. Native opinion with regard
to its lawfulness. Musical instruments. Relation of music to poetry
considered. Progress of music in Hindoostan. The manner of life
which should be led to ensure eminence in this science. Cause of
its depravity. Date of its decline. The similarity which the music of
this country seems to bear to that of Egypt and Greece. How a know-
ledge of the music of Hindoostan might conduce to a revival of that of
those countries. Comparisons offered. Whether the natives of Greece
or Hindoostan had made greater progress in music. Comparisons decide
in favor of the latter.

Hjndoostanee Music. What it is termed in the original. The treatises
held in the greatest estimation. Native divisions what, and how many.
The arrangement adopted in this work.

Of the Gamut. What it is called. The derivation of the word. The sub-
divisions of tones. Resemblance of these to the Greek diesis. Opinions
of Dr. Burney and Mr. Moore on the enharmonic genus. Names of the
seven notes. Origin of these. The gamut invented by Guido and Le
Maire. Dr. Pepusch. Srooti.

Of Time. The various measures used in Europe. Difference between them
and those of Hindoostan. Their resemblance to the rhythm of the Greeks.
Similiarity between the Greek and Sungscrit languages. The Hebrew
unmusical, likewise the Arabic. Melody and metre considered. Tartini’s
objections against metre, endeavoured to be controverted. The dignified
prose in Sungscrit, and tongues derived from it. Its superiority to the
Oordoo. Probable origin of the modern musical measure. Tartini’s
deduction of measure from the proportions of the octave and its fifth, op-
posed to the practice of Hindoostan. Whether the rhythmical or the
musical measure possesses greater advantages. Opinion hazarded thereon.
Timetable. Characters for expressing time. Their varieties.

Of Harmony and Melody. The origin of harmony in Europe. Opi-
nions of several learned men on the subject of harmony, with that of the
author. Claims of melody.

Of Oriental Melody. Not generally susceptible of harmony. Limited
to a certain number. Its character.

CONTENTS.

Of Rags and Raginees. The general acceptation of tlie terms supposed
to be incorrect. Reasons offered, why they are limited to season and
time. Of the Ragmala. Absurdity of limiting tunes to seasons. Divisions
of Rags and Raginees into classes. Rules for determining the names of
the mixed Raginees. Table of compounded Rags. The Ragmala copi-
ously described.

Of Musical Instruments. Their present state susceptible of much im-
provement. Their classification. Detailed description of the several
intruments now in use.

Of the various species of Vocal Compositions of Hindoostan. Twenty
different species described.

Of the Peculiarities of Manners and Customs in Hindoostan, to
which allusions are made in their song. Its characteristic nature. Rea-
sons assigned for several of them, which now no longer exist, and exam-
ples produced.

Brief account of the most celebrated Musicians of Hindoostan.

Glossary of the most useful musical terras.

N. B. The work will be printed on superior English paper, at the Baptist
Mission Press, Calcutta.

Subscriptions will be received by Mr. A. Jewell, Moorghehuttah, and
Messrs. Thacker and Co. St. Andrew’s Library.

CONTENTS.

No. 1.— JANUARY.

Page.

I. Abstract of the Contents of the Dul-va, or first portion of the Kah-gyur, from the

Analysis of Mr. Alexander Csoma de Koros. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. A. S. . . 1

II. On the Native Method of making the Paper, denominated in Hindustan, Nipa-

lese. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Acting Resident, Nipal, . . . . 8

III. Account of a new Genus of Land Snails, allied to the Genus Cyclostoma, of

Lamarck ; with a Description of a Species found on the outlying Rocks of the
Rajmahal range of Hills. By W. H. Benson, Esq. Bengal Civil Service, . . 11

IV. Examination of Minerals from Ava. By J. Prinsep, Sec. Ph. Cl. .. 14

V. New Bridge over the Mussi, at Hyderabad, .. .. ..17

VI. A Method of rectifying a Route Protraction, .. .. ..19

VII. Comparison of the Indus and Ganges Rivers, . . . . . . 20

VIII. Summary of Meteorological Observations made at the Surveyor General’s

Office in Calcutta, during the years 1829-30-31, . . , , . . 23

IX. Scientific Intelligence.

1. Account of an Earthquake at Lahore, 23rd Jan. 1832, ,. ..34

2. Population of Allahabad, . . . . . . . . ib.

X. Proceedings of Societies.

1. Asiatic Society, . . . . . . . . . . 35

2. Medical and Physical Society, . . . . . . . . 37

3. Societe d'Histoire Naturelle of the Mauritius, . . . . 39

No. 2.— FEBRUARY.

I. Account of the Honorable Company’s Botanic Garden at Seharanpiir. By

J. F. Royle, Esq. late Superintendent, .. .. .. ..41

II. Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. . . 59

TIL Note relative to the Account of the Jarai, published in the Gleanings, No. 14.

By the same, . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

IV. On Modes of obtaining Important Results by Simple Means. By Capt. G.

Twemlow, Bomb. Arty, . . . . . . . . . . 68

V. Scientific Intelligence.

1. Progress of the Indian Trigonometrical Survey, .. .. ..71

2. Climate of Vera Cruz, .. .. .. .. ..73

3. Range of the Barometer at Berhampur, . . . . .. ib.

4. Hourly Observations of the Barometer in the Fortress of Cavite, . . 74

5. Dr. Wise’s Ice Manufacture at Htigli, . . . . • • . . ib.

VI. Proceedings of Societies.

1. Asiatic Society, . . . . . . • • • • .. ib.

2. Medical and Physical Society, . . . . . . • • . . 78

3. Societe d’Histoire Naturelle of the Mauritius, .. •• ..79

No. 3.— MARCH.

I. Analysis of the Puranas. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Soc. . . . . 81

II. On the Poetry of Madagascar. By the Rev . Mr. Baker, . . . . 86

III. Extracts from Dr. Royle’s Explanatory Address on the Exhibition of his Collec-
tions in Natural History, at the Meeting of the Asiatic Society on the 7th March, 96

CONTENTS.

Paqe.

IV. On tlie Utility of Cess-pools in Calcutta, .. .. .. 100

V. On the Temperature and Saltness of the River Hiigli, from Calcutta to the Sea.

By G. A. Prinsep, Esq. .. .. .. .. .. 104

VI. Scientific Intelligence.

1. Burmese Varnish, .. .. .. .. ..110

2. Fishes of the Ganges, .. .. .. .. . . ib.

3. Carton-pierre, . . . . . . . . . . . . ib.

4. Progress of Improvements in France, .. .. ..Ill

5 Mode of conducting the Meetings of the Academie, . . . . ib.

6. Caoutchouc, .. .. .. .. ..112

7. Directions for collecting and preserving Plants in Foreign Countries. By W.

J. Hooker, L.L.D. Reg . Prof. Bot. at Glasgow, .. .. 113

8. Explanation of the Sketches of the Horns of the Jarai, Plate V. . . 115

VII. Proceedings of Societies.

1. Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. 116

2. Medical and Physical Society, .. .. .. ..117

3. Natural History Society of the Mauritius, .. .. ..119

No. 4.— APRIL.

I. Geographical Notice of Tibet. By Mr. Alexander Csoma de Koros, .. 121

II. Account of Barren Island, in the Bay of Bengal. Drawn up by the late Dr. J.

Adam, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

III. Flora Indica, or Descriptions of Indian Plants. By the late William Rox-
burgh, M. D. F. R. S. E. &c. &c. Vols. I. II. and III 131

IV. A Sketch of the Route and Progress of Lieut. A. Burnes and Dr. Gerard. By

a recent Traveller, . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

V. Some Account of the Salt Mines of the Panjab. By Lieut. A. Burnes, Bombay

Army, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

VI. Mode of Extracting the Gold Dust from the Sand of the Ningthee River, . . 148

VII. Note on Indian Saline Deposits. By the Rev. R. Everest, .. . 149

VIII. Smelting of Iron in the Kasya Hills, .. .. .. .. 150

IX. On Chinese Vermilion, .. .. .. .. .. 151

X. Abstract of Meteorological Tables, kept at Bancoora, by Mr. J. MacRitchie,

for 1830 and 1831, .. .. .. .. .. .. 154

XL Native Receipt Book, .. .. .. .. . ]55

XII. Proceedings of Societies.

1. Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. .. 157

2. Medical and Physical Society, .. .. .. .. 158

3. Natural History Society of the Mauritius, .. .. .. 160

XIII. Catalogue of Mammalia observed in the Dakhan. By Major VV. H. Sykes, . 161

XIV. Meteorological Register for March, . . . . . . 168

No. 5.— MAY.

I. Some Account of the Lacquered or Japanned Ware of Ava. By Major H.

Burney, Resident at the Burmese Court, .. .. ..169

II. Analysis of the Chinese Varnish. By Mr. I. Macaire Prinsep, .. 183

III. Summation of Polynomial Co efficients. By Mr. W. Masters, .. 187

IV. Geological Sketch of Masuri and Landour, in the Himalaya ; together with an
Abstract of the Thermometrical Register kept at Landour during the year 1831.

By F. H. Fisher, Asst. Surgeon, .. .. .. .. 193

V. On Modes of obtaining Important Results by Simple Means. By Capt. G.

Twemlow, Bombay Arty. .. .. .. .. 195

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Page.

VI. State of Science in England, . . . . . . 198

VII. Memoranda regarding the Difference between .Morning and Evening Altitudes,

for ascertaining the Apparent Time on board Ship. By Capt. D. Ross, Marine
Surv eyor General, . . . . . . . . 202

VIII. Scientific Intelligence.

1. Mr. A. Csoma de Kbros, .. .. .. 204

2. Hugli Ice Manufactory, .. .. . . ib.

3. Mergni Dye Wood, .. .. .. 205

4. Decline of Science in France, .. .. .. 206

5. Letter from Abdiil Moj id on the subject of the Arbelon Problem, .. 208

IX. Proceedings of Societies.

1. Asiatic Society, . . . . . . . . 209

2. Medical and Physical Society, . . . . . . ib.

3. Agricultural and Horticultural Society, .. .. 214

Meteorological Register, for May, . . . . . . 216

No. 6.— JUNE.

I. Analysis of the Puranas. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Soc.

II. Some Observations on the Quantity of Earthy Matter brought down by the

Ganges River. By the Rev. R. Everest,

III. Note on the Magic Mirrors of Japan. By James Prinsep, Sec. Ph. Cl. As. Soc.

IV. Description of the Native Manufacture of Steel in Southern India. By Dr.
Voysey,

V. Proceedings of Societies.

1. Asiatic Society — Physical Class,

Cliirra Punji Coal,

Salem Iron Works,

2. Medical and Physical Society,

3. Agricultural and Horticultural Society,

4. Natural History Society of the Mauritius,

VI. European Intelligence,

Catalogue of Indian Birds,

Meteorological Table for June,

217

238

242

245

248

252

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255

257

258
260
261
264

No. 7.— JULY.

I. Translation of a Tibetan Fragment, by Mr. Csoma de Koros, with Remarks by

H. H. Wilson, Sec. . . . . . . . . 269

II. Estimate of the Risk of Life to Civil Servants of the Bengal Presidency, in

each year of their residence in India. By H. T. Prinsep, Esq. Secretary to
Government, &c. &c. .. .. .. .. .. 277

III. On the Gypsum of the Himalaya. By Capt. P. T. Cautley, .. 289

IV. Climate of Chirra Punji, . . . . . . . . 297

V. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, .. .. .. 298

2. Natural History Society of the Mauritius, .. 302

VI. Scientific Intelligence.

I. Boring for Water in France, .. .. .. 303

2. Meteorological Averages at Canton and Macao, .. .. . . ib.

3. Polyzonal Lens, . . . . . . . . 304

4. Litharge of Ava, . . , . . . . . . . 305

5. Timber Trade in Cachar, . . . . . . . . ib.

VII. Recommendations of the Sub-Committees of the British Association for the

Advancement of Science, . . . . . . . . 306

VIII. Catalogue of Indian Birds, {concluded,) .. .. .. 313

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CONTENTS.

IX. Instructions for collecting and preserving Coleopterous Insects,

X. Meteorological Table,

No. 8— AUGUST.

I. Progress of Indian Maritime Surveys,

II. On the Mammalia of Nepal. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. C. S.

III. Memoir of Giuseppe d’Amato, . .

IV. Oriental Accounts of the Precious Minerals,

V. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society — Physical Class,

VI. Scientific Intelligence.

1. Gold Mines of North America,

2. Analysis of the Copper Ores of Cuba, in the Cerco of Villa Clara. By P.

Don Ramon de la Sagra, . . . . . . . t 305

3. Coal from the district of Guanah, in the Island of Cuba, analysed by Don

Ramon de la Sagra, . . . . . . , . 3(30

VII. Progress of European Science, Electricity. .. .. .. 367

VIII. Meteorological Table for August, . . . . . . 374

No. 9.— SEPTEMBER.

I. Analysis of the Kah-gyur. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Society, . . 375

II. On the Ancient Roman Coins in the Cabinet of the Asiatic Society. By James

Prinsep, Sec. Pli. Cl. . . . . . . . . 392

III. Observations of the Transit of Mercury. By ditto, .. .. 408

IV. On the Habits of the Paludinae. By Lieut. T. Hutton, 37th N. I. .. 411

V. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, . . . . . . 415

VI. Miscellaneous Intelligence.

1. Extract of a letter from Lieut. Alex. Burnes, dated Balkh, 11th June, 1832, 418

2. Lithontrity practised in Persia, . . . . . . 419

3. Cholera in Ava, . . . . . . .. ib.

4. Rain at Chirra Punji, . . ... . . 420

5. Arabic method of ascertaining the Humidity of the Soil, . . . . 420

6. Mirage in India, . . . . . . . . . . 421

7. Hara Mina, or Green Basalt used for colouring Stucco, . . ib.

8. On the Converging Beams of Light, occasionally seen opposite to the Sun, ib.

9. Errors in Dr. Arnott's Physics, vol. ii. . . . . . . 422

10. Silver Mines discovered in Cuba, .. .. .. 423

11. Supposed Change of Climate of the Northern parts of the Earth, . . 424

12. Limestone Formation, ‘ . . . . . . . . . . ib.

13. Correction of mistake regarding Marine Surveying, .. .. 425

VII. Progress of European Science.

1. Steam Carriages, . . . . . . . . . . ib.

VIII. Meteorological Table for September, .. .. .. 430

No. 10. — OCTOBER.

I. Analysis of the Vishnu Parana. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Soc. .. 431

II. On the Standard Weights of England and India, . . . . . . 442

III. Remarks on a late Paper in the Asiatic Journal on the Gypsum of the Hima-
laya. By the Rev. R. Everest, .. .. .. .. 450

IV. Description of the Regulating Dam-Sluices of the Doab Canal, . . 454

V. Note on the Jabalpur Fossil Bones. By James Prinsep, Sec. &c. .. 456

VI. List of Articles of Materia Medica, obtained in the Bazars of India. By J. F.

Royle, Esq. . . • • • • 458

VII. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society— Physical Class, . . . . . . 472

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CONTENTS.

Page.

VIII. Notes in Natural History. By Lieut T. Hutton, 37th N. I.

1. Ova of the Spider, .. .. .. .. .. .. 474

2. The Scorpion, . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ib.

3. Fresh-water Crab, . . . . . . . . . . .. ib.

IX. Miscellaneous Intelligence.

1. Roman Coins in Upper India, .. .. .. .. .. 476

2. Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, . . . . . . . . . . . . ib.

3. Transit of Mercury observed in England, .. .. .. .. ib.

4. Rain at Chirra Piinji, . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

5. Electric Spark from the Magnet, . . . . . . . . ib.

No. 11.— NOVEMBER.

I. Notice of the peculiar Tenets held by the followers of Syed Ahmed, taken chiefly

from the “ Sirat ul Mustaqim,” a principal Treatise of that Sect, written by
Moulavi Mahommed Ismail, . . . . . . . . 479

II. Description of an Instrument for trisecting Angles. By Lieut. T. S. Burt, Engi-
neers, . . . . . . . . . . 499

III. On the Trisection of Angles. By Mr. W. Masters, Verulam Academy, . . 501

IV. Note on Indian Saline Deposits. By Mr. Heury Harpur Spry, Bengal Medical

Service, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

V. Eclipses of Jupiter’s Satellites, .. .. .. .. 504

VI. Abstract of Observations of the Temperature, Pressure, and Hygrometrical

states of the Air in the vicinity of Delhi. By Major Oliver, .. .. 506

VII. Proceedings of the Society, .. .. .. ..512

VIII. Scientific Intelligence, .. .. .. ..514

IX. Progress of Geological Science, .. .. .. ..515

X. Progress of Mechanical Science.

1. Iron Suspension Wheels, . . . . . . . . 529

No. 12.— DECEMBER.

I. Analysis of the Vayu Purana. By H. II. Wilson, Sec. As. Soc. .. .. 535

II. Extracts from a Journal kept by Mr. J. Emmott, Master Attendant at Mergui,

whilst visiting the Sapan Forests, . . . . . . . . 544

III. Some additional Observations on the quantity of Earthy Matter brought down

by the Ganges, its depth and velocity, made during the rainy season of 1832, at
Ghazipiir. By the Rev. R. Everest, . . . . . . . . 549

IV. Eclipses of Jupiter’s Satellites, .. .. .. .. 550

V. Description of the Anglometer, an Instrument for working Lunar Calculations.

By Captain C. Cowles, .. .. .. .. .. 551

VI. Ou the Indications of the Pulse according to the Hindus, . . . . 553

VII. Notes in Natural History. By Lieut. T. Hutton, 37th N. I. .. . 554

VIII. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, . . . . . . . . 559

IX. European Scientic Intelligence.

1. New Nautical Almanac, . . . . • . . . 568

2. Heated Air and Uncoked Coal for Smelting Iron Ore, .. .. 571

3. Price as measured by Money, . . . . • • > . 572

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.

The sheets of Buchanan’s Statistics are to be separated from the month-
ly numbers. The Plates may either be bound up at the end of the volume.

or in the following order :

Hyderabad Bridge, 14

Seharanpur Garden, 41

Horns of Antilope Hodgsonii, 65

Measurement of Barrackpur Base, 71

Horns of the Jarai, 115

Kasya Furnace, 150

Japanese Mirror, 244

Roman Coins, PI. 1 398

Do. do. II 400

Do. do. Ill 404

Do. do. IV 406

Dam Sluices of the Doab Canal, 454

Trisection of Angles, 500

Iron Suspension Wheels, 529

Anglometer, 551

ERRATA

Page 10 line 9 for "wool,” read "wood.”

11—7 from bottom , for “ plate 1, fig. 2,” read “ plate 2, fig. I.”

14 last line, for “delomite,” read “ dolomite.”

19 — 16 from bottom, for “3, 4, 5,” read “l, 2, 3, 4.”

20 — & from top, for “plate 1,” read “plate 2.”

20 — 9 for “he protracted,” read “the protracted.”

— — 11 for “BB " B',” read “B"B'.”

— — 16 for “intercepts,” rsad “intersects.”

AND

In Fig 2, plate II. continue the dotted arc 1 ' 1 a" to a’.

The line A c' continue to c.

28 — 7 from top, for “manima,” read “ minima.”

— ■ at bottom, for “Artesien,” read “Artesian.”

33 — 7 for “ January,” read “ February.”

410 in last column of Table II. for “2in. 58s. 8,” read “Ora. 58s. 8.”

46 — 18 from top, after

“ which”
“ either”

insert

ditto.

2 from top, for “ have,” read “has.”

12 for “99J 99J 99|,” read“ 99' 99a 993.”

24 and throughout the article, for “ sack,” read “sac.”

4 “ orbitar,” read “ orbital.”

10 “ interval,” read “internal.”

29 “ lips,” read “tips.”

34 dele “ by.”

15 for “compressed and hard ; before,” read “compressed and hard
before

— 28 for “ lips,” read " tips.”

— 11 for “thisChiru,” read “ the Chiru.”

— 10 for “bambdoidal,” read “ lambdoidal.”

— 14 for “ malars,” read “ molars.”

— 8 for “1§,” read “ T%.»

— ■ 2 from bottom, after “than,” read “the.”

— 15 for “9°,” read “9U.”

— 21 dele “ rufous,” repeated.

— 17 from bottom, for “ done,” read “done.”

foot note, for “ Rutboo,” read “ Kubboo.” *

par. 5th line for “ Ekadantashtra,” read “ Ekadanshtra,”

„ 4th — for “ Kridama,” read “ Srid'ama ”

„ 5th — for “ Vrishapati,” read “ Vrihaspati. ”

, 3rd — for “ Viswasena” read “ Viswakerma.”

, after “ Gauges river,” insert “ at Ghazipur.”

, from bottom, for “it,” read“ the mirror.”

, 7th — for “ He having,” read “ Having.”

3 for “ but mostly,” read “ and, — ”

— — 7 for “hydrogen. When,” read “ hydrogen, where.”

305 — 20 for “circumference,” read “diameter.”

— — 21 for “2 7£ rupees,” read “2j rupees.”

60 —

• 63

• 65
67

75
79

148
226 1st
226 4th
229 2nd
231 —
238 —
245 10
— 1st
296 line

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ERRATA.

'Errata in Meteorological Register , for June.

Date Hour. Bar.

13 Sun-rise, for ,365 read ,465

14 „ ,399 ,499

2-2 „ ,517 ,617

Add 0,010 to all the figures in the Barometrical column for 10J P. M.

— 6 after “ Rhinolphusf insert “ and two species of Yespertilio.”

— 13 for “ aKavtra,” read “ asavara.”

— 2 from bottom, after “ nt/am,” insert “ nil mani, (or manilc.)”
after “ College of Fort William,” insert “ the word bahrmani is

also used in the Khatvas-ul , ir, as a variety of the yaqut .”

— 20 dele “or a species of garnet.”

— 22 for “ manilc,” read lalri .”

— 5 from bottom, for “ AIOKAI4,” read “ AIOKAH.”

— 14 for OVA,” read “ OTA.”

— 8 for “ Latitude 25° 43',” read “ Lat. 25° 47' 26".”

In Table IV. of the Estimate of Life in India, page 284, the first four figures in the
second and third column should stand thus :

340

355

356

358

403

404
411

Age.

Survivors.

Deaths.

52221

473

51748

489

51259

522

50737

557

The mistake arose from the calculations hating originally been made to commence
with the age of nineteen, instead of twenty : and the 5 year averages in Table III.
page 283, will all be slightly affected by the same cause. The last figure in the second
column, page 284, should be reversed ; and in the last column but one, for “ 2080,” read

line 3 from below, for “ molluscs,” read “ mollusca.”

— 36 after “ ministry,” insert “ of a man.”

— 3 from below, for “ 2125,” read “ 212.5.”

— 7 for “ in bullion,” read “ bullion.”

— 21 for “ will be,” read “ would be.”

after “ at any,” insert “ rate.”

— 15-16 for “ Tariqa-i-Chishita,” read “ Tariqa-i-Chishtia.”

— 36 for “ lost about," read “ tost about."

— 39 for “ Mujtahid-i-mustuqill,” read “ Mhjtahid-i-mustaqill.”

— 20 for “ Taqwaat-ul-Iinam,” read Taqwiat-ul-Iman.”

— 15 erase “ 5” at beginning of line.

— 7 for “ differences,” read “ difference.”

— 20 for “ Kafr,” read “ Kufr.”

— 23-24 for Ishrak f'il Tasarraf," read“ Ishrak f il Tasarruf."

— 10-11 for “ the authority or influence of Saints, as respecting interces-

sors,” read “ respecting the authority or influence of Saints as
intercessors.”

— 23 for “ Khatim,” read “ Khatima.”

— 12 after “ABC,” insert “(fig. 5.]”

— 20/ sr “5 53 59,” read “ 5 52 59.”

— 11 - “5 53 10,” read “5 53 27.”

“ 2008.”

Line

414

—

444

—

445

—

446

—

447

480

—

483

485

—

487

—

488

—

489

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491

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492

498

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JOURNAL

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY.

.-Vo . 2. — February , 1832.

I. — Account of the Honorable Company's Botanic Garden at Seharan-
pur. By J. F. Hoyle, Esq. lute Superintendent.

[Read before the Physical Class, 7th January, 1832.]

As vegetables contribute a great proportion of the food of man,
conduce much to his comfort, supply many of the most valuable medi-
cines, afford a variety of products useful in almost every ceconomical
art, and produce some of the most beautiful objects for jhe gratifica-
tion of the most elegant tastes ; the study of plants becomes one
of the most extensive, and at the same time most interesting branches of
natural knowledge.

The first stage in this study is, the accurate discrimination of plants,
and this constitutes the science of Systematic Botany. The second is,
their naturalization in any particular situation ; for a successful reali-
zation of which, and not a dependence upon chance, a knowledge i9
necessary of the Geography of plant s, or an acquaintance with the
places where plants naturally grow, and the causes which influence
their distribution over the globe. Applied Botany forms the third stage,
for which the two others are preparatory, and consists in a knowledge of
the various products of plants, whether useful as articles of diet, or as
medicinal agents, or for their (economical properties.

For the promotion of the study of plants, gardens have been so gene-
rally established, that no capitals, and few great towns indeed, of
civilized nations exist which do not possess such institutions, frequently
maintained at a very considerable expence in the most unfavourable
situations, where the difficulties opposed by nature are overcome by
the ever-varying resources of art ; and the successful result is displayed,
in the productions of nature which luxuriate only under the heats of

Account of the Botanic Garden at Sehdranpur.

[Feb.

an equatorial sun, being seen in all their beauty alongside of plants
which would naturally languish if not braced by the cold of almost
polar winters.

A Government, in forming an establishment for the naturalization of
plants, will only do so with the most expanded and philosophical views ;
and as climate is the great regulator in the distribution of vegetable forms,
it is obvious that as this is dependent chiefly upon latitude and elevation,
such institutions placed at the extreme and central points of an extended
territory, particularly if there should be any mountains in their vicini-
ty, would insure the most extensive success, and be enabled to distri-
bute to every part of the country the beneficial results of their experi-
ments.

The territories of the Indian empire, extending from 8® to 31“ of
northern latitude, and including within their bounds the most stupen-
dous mountains of the world, afford a varied and magnificent field for
the naturalization of the valued productions of every region of the
globe.

The utility of such institutions, however, depends not only upon
their intrinsic merits, but also upon the inhabitants of a country being
sufficiently enlightened to profit by their advantages. In India, the
European residents are in general too unsettled to take much interest
in that which is intended for permanent advantage, while the natives
themselves are too well satisfied with the course followed by their fore-
fathers to think of adopting any practice which has not the sanction of
their experience. On such accounts, therefore, the benefits spread by
6uch institutions may be less rapid, but they will not be less certain.
For the enlightened policy which now sanctions the diffusion of Euro-
pean knowledge among the natives of India cannot fail to produce a
class, who will not only desire their existence, but contribute even to
their support; and in proportion as they are able to appreciate their
tendency, so will they endeavour to benefit by their progress.

The most southern parts of the Indian peninsula afford a favorable
site for naturalizing all the tropical productions which grow within 15*
north and south of the line, while the Nilgheris, between 11° and
12“ of latitude, with an elevation of from 8 to 9000 feet, afford
every variety of climate for the products of more northern climates.
Somewhere in their vicinity, I have no doubt, the Cinchona or Peru-
vian bark might be successfully cultivated.

The situation of Calcutta, nearly on the tropic of Cancer, affords an
admirable site for a great proportion of tropical plants, while its north-
ern situation enables it to support many of the products of the temperate

1832.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur.

2one, though it is hardly to be hoped, that much success will attend
the attempt at naturalizing the plants of European climates. The
richness and variety of the Calcutta Botanic Garden are however a
sufficient indication of the eligibility of its situation.

It is singular, and at the same time most fortunate, that nearly at
the most northern limit of the British territories, and in one of the
most eligible situations for the purpose, a public garden should have
been established by the native Governments which preceded the
British. Zabita Khan first appropriated in 1779, the revenues of seven
villages, for the maintenance of this garden. Gholam Kadir, as well
as the Mahratta power after him, continued the same revenue until the
time of Bapii Scindia, who reduced the establishment, allowing only
the revenues of two villages, with that of a third held in miulut
mash. The Marquis of Hastings, with the enlightened views of a
statesman, determined on his visit to the Upper Provinces, that that
which was intended only for the gratification of an Asiatic sensualist,
should contribute to the advancement of science, at the same time that
it increased the comforts of the people, and administered to the tastes
of the most civilized European. The establishment was accordingly
ordered to be formed into a Botanic Garden.

The situation of Seharanpur, in point of latitude, elevation, vicinity to
the hills, the nearness of water to the surface, and now the facility of
irrigation from the Doab canal, makes it particularly eligible for the
purpose. The parallel of latitude of 30°, or that which nearly passes
through the Seharanpur Garden, embraces in its course a greater
variety of interesting country than perhaps any other; and as tempera-
ture is dependent upon latitude, and may be deduced by a formula,
simple and sufficiently accurate for practical purposes, it follow s that the
vegetable productions in the neighbourhood, at least of the above paral-
lel, will bear a considerable resemblance to one another ; for it is well
known, that the vegetation of each country depends upon its cli-
mate ; and that plants of one country wrill easily grow in another which
possesses a similar climate. Before proceeding, it may be useful
to indicate, that the above parallel, or that of 30°, leaving India, passes
through Persia, Arabia, and Egypt, and over the southern boundaries
of Libya, Barbary and Morocco, across the Atlantic, through New
Orleans, between Old and New Mexico, and passing the Pacific
Ocean^ crosses the very centre of China and Thibet.

An analogical comparison of the climate and botany of these
various countries would lead into too much detail for the present

g 2

Account of the Botanic Garden at Sehdranpur.

[Feb.

occasion ; but that the object is not visionary of introducing into one
country the useful productions of another which approximates in
climate, or possesses a similarity in vegetation, may be inferred not
only from the success which has already attended the efforts to intro-
duce the useful productions of other countries, but also from the fact
that the more valuable indigenous plants of India have already been
transferred to and cultivated in countries, which possess many valuable
productions peculiar to themselves.

As instances of the interchange, which has already taken place in
the useful productions of the old and n°w world, I have prepared the
following lists, to the second of which I have added a few plants
which have become so common as to be thought natives of India,
together with some others sent up from the Calcutta Botanic Garden,
which have become perfectly naturalized in the Seharanpur one.

Plants Introduced

From Asia, chiefly India, into
America.

The Vine.

Rice.

Ginger.

Coffee.

Cinnamon.

Pomegranate.

Lime.

Citron.

Orange.

Sesamum Orientale.

Cassia Fistula.

Eleusine Indica.

Melia Azedirach.

Cytisus Cajan.

Coriandrum Sativum

From America into India.

The Potatoe.

Tobacco.

Pine Apple.

Guava.

Capsicum.

Carica Papaya.

Achras Sapota.

Annona Cherimolia.
Logwood.

Mahogany.

Parkinsonia Aculeata.
Argemone Mexicana.
Cerbera Thevitia.
Allamanda Cathartica.
Asclepias Curassavica.
Martynia Diandra.

Canna Glauca.

Jatropha Multifida.

The Sugar-cane, Indigo, and Tamarind are supposed by many to
have been introduced from India into the new world ; but as the
subject is doubtful, I have preferred omitting them in the above com-
parison.

1832.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpiir.

Besides the latitude and elevation, which is 1000 feet, the climate of
Seharanpiir is particularly favourable for the introduction into India
of the plants of more temperate countries ; as the temperature for
nearly six months in the year is sufficiently European, for the easy
cultivation of most of the annuals of that part of the globe, while the
cold is not sufficiently great or long enough continued to destroy the
plants of more southern countries, with the exception of only such tro-
pical ones as cannot bear any frost.

Though they may be sown earlier, the best crops of European
vegetable and medicinal plants are those obtained from seed sown in
November. After which, the weather becomes steadily colder until
Christmas, when some heavy rain usually occurs, but which is sometimes
deferred to a later period. During this season, the growth of peren-
nials is stopped, as well as of the herbaceous plants of warm countries.
In March, a rapid rise takes place in the mean temperature of the
month, and the increase amounting to 12° is a sufficiently powerful
stimulus to rapidly accelerate the vegetation of the spring. About the
beginning or middle of April, the hot winds begin to blow, and continue
to do so until the middle of June, when the rainy season commences,
and according as it terminates towards the beginning or end of Septem-
ber, depends the late or early diminution of temperature which ushers
in the cold weather.

A general idea of the temperature of the different months at Seha-
ranpur may be obtained, by a reference to the following abstract of
the meteorological observations which I have made, and the results will
serve as points of comparison with the mean temperature of other coun-
tries of which we wish to acclimate the productions.

The mean temperature of the year at Seharanpur is about 73°, and
of the months of

Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Augt. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

52° 55“ 67° 78° 85“ 90° 85“ 88° 79° 74“ 64° 55“

From the middle of October to the middle of April, the various
useful and ornamental plants of European climates may be successfully
cultivated ; while the temperature of the other half of the year is
suited for the cultivation of tropical products.

In introducing the productions of other, particularly temperate, cli-
mates, considerable advantage has been derived from having at com-
mand the climate of the hills, of which the temperate months occur
at different seasons of the year from those in the plains: as is well known,
but may be exemplified in the following table.

40 Account of the Botanic Garden at Sehdranpur. [Feb.

The mean temperature of the year at Masftri is about 57°, and
of the months of

Jin. Feb. Mar. April May June July Augt. Sept. Octr. Nov. Dec.

4-° 45° 53° Si)0 66® 67® 67® 66® 64® 57® 50° 45®

The season for cultivation in the Masuri climate is from March
to October. Hence by taking advantage of the different months
adapted for cultivation in the hills and in the plains, a complete year of
moderate climate may be obtained for the germination of the seeds, and
for the growth of the plants of the temperate climates of every part of
the globe. Thus

At Seharanpur in At Masuri in

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feu. Mar. April May June July Auyt. Sept. Oct.

64® 55® 52° 55® 57® 59® 66® 67® 67® 66® 64° 57®

In this way, a year with a mean temperature of 60®, of which each of
the months is temperate, may be obtained, and seeds sown at one or the
other, during the whole twelve months. Many plants have actually been
thus introduced and preserved, which if confined to either would, while
young, have been destroyed by the hot winds of the plains, or killed at
Masuri by the frosts of winter.

The garden having now been established for several years, during
which it has both advanced and retrograded, it may be useful to indi-
cate the progress it has actually made, both as a scientific and as an
useful institution. A few words may, therefore, be well devoted to an
account of its internal arrangement.

The garden contains 40 acres of ground; a sum of 200 rupees ig
allowed for its monthly expences. The establishment consists of 40
men, which, with the assistance of some convicts, carries on the several
duties of the institution. By comparing the plan of the garden, as it
was in 1 823, with that of its present state, it will be observed, that a
good deal of new ground has been enclosed, and many alterations made
in laying out the grounds. In these the English style of gardening
has been as much as possible adhered to ; but previous to this being
effected, many preliminary labours were required to be gone through.

In the first place, all the new and many of the old parts of the gar-
den were cleared of jungle, and every where thinned of exuberant,
vegetation. The surface was levelled or sloped, as well to improve
the general effect as to prevent the lodgment of water, which was
conducted by drains into neighbouring rivulets. On either side of
the boundary ditch, a hedge was planted ; new gateways built, and
a free communication effected with every part of the garden by a se-

1832.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Schuravpur.

ries of new roads ; additional wells were sunk, and the Persian wheel
introduced ; but the latter have, in a great measure, been superseded
since the opening of the Doab canal, from which a cut runs through
the garden, and much facilitates the almost constant irrigation which in
some seasons of the year is indispensable to the existence even of her-
baceous vegetation in the Upper Provinces. A conservatory was built,
where the plants of warm countries might be placed, so as to be pro-
tected from the frosts of winter, and those introduced from the hilU
equally saved from the scorching effects of solar radiation during the
months of hot weather. Two tanks, one rather a large piece of water,
have been formed, which, contributing to the picturesque beauty of
the garden, serve also for the introduction of aquatic plants. The
parts not in cultivation, after being ploughed and smoothed, were laid
in grass. The cultivated parts, as well as the borders of the roads,
were trenched to the depth of two feet, by which means the clayey
substratum became well mixed with the sandy surface, when the
whole was enriched with the addition of vegetable and animal ma-
nure. The borders of the roads were planted with different
varieties of trees, flowering shrubs, and herbaceous plants, the latter in
front and opposite to the vacancies of the rear lines, by which means
a view of the plants in the latter was not obstructed by those in front.
It may perhaps not be uninteresting to remark, that some English
tools were introduced, and the use of wheelbarrows made general.

In order to insure due attention being paid to the several objects
contemplated in the institution of the garden, it was divided into
several departments. In one, plants were arranged according to the
Linnaean system of classification, though now it would be preferable
to change it for the natural method ; another was devoted to agricul-
tural experiments, and a third for horticultural purposes. Of the plants
introduced from the hills, some are planted in nurseries ; others in an
artificial rock-work ; and some in flower-pots in the conservatory ;
but in all the soil requires to be enriched hy the addition of decayed
vegetable matter. Nurseries were likewise formed for fruit and
ornamental trees and shrubs, for general distribution. A portion of the
garden was allotted for the experimental medicinal garden, and ano-
ther as a nursery of timber trees for the Dehll and Doab canals.

For a furtherance of the objects of the institution, as a scientific
one, pains were taken to obtain a knowledge of the Botany of the
surrounding country: a catalogue was made of the plants which the
garden contained, parties were sent out in every direction to bring
in such as the garden did not contain, and those extended their

48 Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur. [Feb.

labours from the neighbouring hills into the Deyra Dun, and from
that into the Himalayan mountains, and even into Kashmir.

The collections, as may be seen by the accompanying abstract of the
catalogues, consist of upwards of 4000 species, and probably amount
to about 30,000 specimens, independent of a complete set left with my
successor Dr. Falconer, at Seharanpur.

These have been chiefly collected in the northern provinces of India,
but contain of course specimens of the plants which have been sent from
the Calcutta to the Seharanpur Botanic Garden.

In the northern provinces I include specimens of the plants indigen-
ous in the tract of country running along the Ganges and Jumna from
Allahabad up to the Satlej, with those growing on the low range of
hills which skirt the Himalaya, as well as those of the Deyra Dun.
Among those of the two latter tracts are many more of a European
than an Indian type. Another series consists of plants of that part
of the Himalayan range extending from the plain to the sources of
the Ganges and Jumna, and included between the former river to the
east and the Satlej to the west. A third series consist of plants from
Kanawar, or the tract of country lying along both sides of the Satlej
within the British territories, but beyond the snowy passes of the
Himalaya; but the most interesting collection is perhaps that which has
been obtained from the valley of Kashmir and the mountains in its
vicinity and on the road leading to it.

These collections have been formed since 1824, as previous to that
the garden itself required for its internal improvement and management
the labours of the whole establishment. In 1825, I first endeavoured
to get a collection of specimens from Kanawar, but the gardeners
whom I sent unfortunately ran away, but the late Lieutenant Maxwell,
of H. M.’s 11th Dragoons, w ho had promised to look after them, brought
down a collection of about 100 species, nearly the whole of which were
new. A much larger collection has been obtained in 1831.

The plants from Kashmir were first procured in 1828, by sending
two of the gardeners belonging to the Seharanpur establishment along
with the northern merchants who bring down fruit, &c. for sale. In
the following year or 1829, the merchants themselves brought me down
a number of dried specimens in a book which I had given them for the
purpose, but these w ere generally duplicates of the former year. Last
year I again sent two of the establishment, but they brought but an in-
different collection in point of numbers, though the specimens were
generally large and well dried. By these means I also obtained living
bulbs of the Saffron of commerce, as well as of the plant furnishing the

1832.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur.

true salep misri, and along with the former in 1828, living plants of
the fruit trees of Kashmir, most of which are now thriving in the garden
at Masuri. Among these are the apple, pear, peach, nectarine, plum,
cherry, walnut, and vine.

The whole of the plants of the herbarium have been arranged in two
catalogues, one according to the Linnaean or artificial classification, and
the other according to the Juissieuan or natural method. To the bota-
nical names, the Hindustani ones are added, together with the place of
growth, time of flowering, of ripening of their seed, with notices respecting
such as are applied to any use. In an appendix, all the plants which
are known to be useful in agriculture or medicine, or which afford timber,
materials for rope-making, or the tanning principle, or resin, gum, oil or
faecula, are enumerated in separate lists.

Of many of the new plants, drawings have been made by the paint-
ers attached temporarily to the garden.

As exemplifications of what has already been effected in the natu-
ralization of plants, and as guides in the course which it would appear
proper to follow, it may be useful to indicate some of the plants of the
different countries, which have already been naturalized in the open air,
in the Seharanpur garden.

Among the plants of more southern latitudes, for which the cold of
the Seharanpur climate is not too severe, may be enumerated, along
with such common fruits as plantain, shaddock, custard apple, and
jack fruit, the cinnamon and sweet laurel, great dillenia, species of
anona, uvaria, pterospermum.

Of those from more northern climates, such as Kabul and Kashmir,
for which the parching heats of May and June, and the tepid moisture
of the rains have not been so unfavourable, but to allow of their natu-
ralization in the Seharanpur climate, may be mentioned the almond,
peach, nectarine, plum, pomegranate, walnut, quince, saffron, henbane,
atropa physalodes, clover, vine, apple, species of sage, of pink, of
centaurea, aster, balsam, rhubarb, iris, polemonium.

But the greatest variety of plants which have been acclimated are
those which have been procured from the hills, and this does not pro-
ceed from their more easy naturalization, but from the greater facility
of communication ; for the differences between the climate of the hills,
and that of the plains, is much greater than occurs in places differing
only in latitude ; for not only the temperature of the atmosphere is
different, but also its pressure and density, as well as the radiation of
light, and the variations between dryness and moisture. But here the

Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur. [Feb.

success has been so complete in so many instances, that, within certain
bounds, hardly any difficulties appear insurmountable.

Trees. Flowers. Fruits.

Oak. Horse Chesnut Primula. Delphinium.

Fir. Blackthorn. Viola. Aconitum.

Dogwood. Juniper. Clematis. Thyme.

Maple. Yew and Box. Anemone. Gentian.

Service tree. Buckthorn. Potentilla. Hypericum.
Holly. Spindle tree. Geum. Spirsea.

Myrica Sapida. Cherry.
CoriariaNepalensis. Apricot
Berberis Asiatica. Pear.

Aristata. Apple-

Juglans Regia.

Rubus, 3 sp.

As the climate of the hills bears the nearest resemblance to that of

European countries, the transition is easy, from a consideration of the
former to those of the latter ; and the success would, I conceive, be
most extensive, but in this place so remote from the sea, the means of
obtaining European plants are few, and seeds in a vegetative state
arrive but seldom : but the introduction of the various European
kitchen vegetables, the naturalization of many of the flowers, and the
successful cultivation of many medicinal plants, afford the most rational
prospect of the eventual success being only limited by the means
afforded of insuring it. The horticultural catalogue exhibits the names
of the several vegetables which are successfully cultivated in the Seha-
ranpur climate. The medicinal one will point out others, while among
flowers may be enumerated sweet brier, wall flower, heart’s ease, several
snapdragons, mignionette, mallow, &c.

In proceeding westward, in the latitude of Seharanpur, the first
countries of which it would be desirable to acclimate the productions
are Persia, Arabia, and Egypt ; and as there is considerable resem-
blance between their Botany and that of the Upper Provinces of India,
and as some of their fruits have already been introduced, while others,
as well as many of their vegetables and useful productions, are the same
as those of India, I have no doubt, that a considerable proportion of
their valuable products, as asafoetida, ammoniacum, myrrh, galbanum,
&c. might be naturalized at Seharanpur, where the coffee tree flourishes,
and the senna is produced in the fullest perfection.

In examining the genera in Pursh’s Flora of North America, and
those of Mexico, in Humboldt’s Synopsis, a very considerable resem-
blance will be found to exist with those of the Seharanpur catalogue,
of which the plants are chiefly such as are indigenous near Seharanpur,
or in the hills : hence it may reasonably be concluded from this Bota-

nical analogy, similarity of temperature, and in one case from identity
of latitude, that little difficulty will be experienced in cultivating the
useful productions of both countries, either in the Seharanpur or Masuri

1832.] Account of the Botanic Gar den at Seharanpur. 51

garden, particularly as such plants as have been hitherto introduced
have succeeded remarkably well. Among these may be enumerated
the mahogany, logwood, sapota, cherimolia, ash-leaved maple, pimento,
dahlia purpurea.

The plants of China, which have succeeded in the Seharanpur Gar-
den, and are now in a flourishing state, are the litchee, loquat, wampee,
longan, flat peach, and digitated citron, spiraea corymbosa, dianthus
chinensis, rosa chinensis, and althaea rosea. The numbers are few, but
they are all that have been introduced, and now appear so perfectly
naturalized as to excite the wish to make a more extended trial, and
to attempt the cultivation of the tea plant, of which the geographical
distribution is extended, and the natural sites sufficiently varied to
warrant its being easily cultivated.

The countries in the southern hemisphere, which have the nearest
approximation in latitude and temperature to northern India, are the
Cape of Good Hope and New Holland : the most populous parts of
both are about the 34th parallel of latitude. Though the Botany of
each is distinguished from that of the other by possessing a number
of genera peculiar to itself, yet is there the closest affinity between that
of the two countries, and a marked difference from that of every other.
Though they possess but few plants in common, we must not from this
circumstance conclude that the plants of the Cape and New Holland
will not succeed in India ; but rather take into consideration, that as
there is a similarity with its northern parts in point of latitude and
temperature, and as they have possessed themselves of every species of
vegetable and fruit tree known in other parts of the world, some of
which are natives of and the greater number flourish in India, so their own
peculiar or useful productions may no doubt be as easily transferred
to the latter country. Of those which have been attempted, the success
has been complete, as of the aloes, pelongenium (geraniums), slopelias,
amaryllis, casuarina, cajaputi.

A view having been given of what has been effected by the Seha-
ranpur garden in Systematic Botany, as well as for the naturalization
of plants, it remains to show, that the third branch, or that of Applied
Botany, has not been neglected.

In the agricultural department less has been done than might perhaps
have been effected, but here the difficulty to be contended with is the
want of a population ready to take advantage of any novelties that
might be introduced; still much good might be effected by introducing
improved kinds of the seed which the natives themselves are in the habit
of sowing. The agricultural division of the catalogue before alluded to

h 2

Account of the Botanic Garden at Seliaranpur. [Fee.

shows the number of plants from which the natives of India derive the
means of increasing the supply of food. The rubi crop is sown about
November, and reaped in April, while the kharif crop is sown in
June, and cut in October.

As instances of what may be effected, it may be noticed, that the
barley of the hills called oo«, from an elevation of 10,000 feet, has
become naturalized in Seharanpur ; and a singular species of wheat
from Kanawar, at an equal elevation, succeeds remarkably well. Of
plants affording fodder for cattle, which have been introduced, and are
in a thriving state, Guinea and Fiorin grasses may be noticed, as
well as lucerne, soccory, and clover. All have become naturalized, and
the three latter are valuable as affording green food when there is little
or no grass in the country.

The Horticultural catalogue exhibits a large proportion of the plants
used as vegetables both in European and Indian climates. Of the
former most have been introduced since the British reign, many by
means of the garden ; and of native vegetables, pains have been taken to
bring together those which are common in different parts of the coun-
try. The list of fruit trees displays, collected in one place and
naturalized in the open air, the various fruit trees of very different
countries, as of India and China, Kabul, Europe, and America. A view
of the list of annuals and of flowering shrubs will prove the variety
which are always ready in the different nurseries for general distribu-
tion, and of which as well as of fruit trees many thousands are yearly
distributed, together with packets of seeds, to all those who are inclined
to send for them.

In the list of medicinal plants will be observed many which form the
most powerful articles of the European materia medica, while others,
perhaps not less valuable, are known only to native hakims. So much
time has been occupied in preliminary investigations, that it is not easy to
give an idea of the results that may finally be obtained. But it may
at present be stated in general terms, that the materia medica in use
among the natives of India is very extensive in the number of its arti-
cles ; and which, according as they have derived their knowledge from
the Greeks through the Arabs and Persians, or from the Hindus, are
the produce of both European and Asiatic countries. To one unac-
quainted with the subject, it will appear surprizing to be told, that the
natives are in the habit of administering, or rather of prescribing such
medicines as hemlock, hellebore, henbane, and colchicum.

Having derived much of their knowledge of medicine from the
Greeks, they are naturally anxious to prescribe that which -they find

1-8j2.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Sehdranpur .

praised in their works ; but as most of the articles are of European
growth, the distances which they have to travel is great, and the adul-
terations proportionally numerous: the natives, both physicians and
patients, being too ignorant of the original article to be able to detect
the falsification. As considerable anxiety however is now displayed,
and expence incurred by the Government in the instruction of native
doctors for the public service, the benefit of which must eventually
extend to the class of practitioners who administer to the mass of the
population, it would appear the part of a wise and provident fore-
sight, that as a more correct knowledge of medicine is imparted, and
the art of detecting the impostures in drugs is acquired, means should
be adopted of more genuine articles being provided. This might be
effected by first investigating the true value of genuine Indian medicines,
and then naturalizing in the hills or plains such articles as they are
deficient in, or which are now of foreign growth.

That the success would be considerable, I feel warranted in as-
suming, from the results of the experiments I have already made, even in
introducing medicines for the use of the public service, which have
borne the test of comparative trials with the best from European depots.
The difficulties to be surmounted may not be so obvious, except to
those who have made similar attempts ; but if it be considered that
not only the seed or plant is first to be procured, then grown with all the
care of an exotic, extended into a crop, and converted into a form fit for
exhibition as a medicine, then proved equal in medical virtue and at
the same time cheaper than those already in use, the attempt will not
appear so easy ; particularly if it be remembered, that not an oil can
be distilled, without first making a still, nor an extract prepared with-
out first constructing an apparatus for expressing the juice, and then
evaporating it to a proper consistence in an apparatus of steam.

Among the articles which have been introduced and reported upon
by Mr. Twining*, after experiments made at the General Hospital, it
appears, that “ the cultivation of rhubarb at the Masuri Tabba,
is expected to afford a very valuable remedy, which is less disagreeable
to take than the best T urkey rhubarb, nearly equally efficacious as
a purge, and very superior in small doses as a tonic and astringent in
proflu via and Mr. Twining concludes his report with saying, that u the
acquisition of this remedy to the materia medica of this country will be
of the utmost importance.” The medicine has been introduced, and

* Mr. Twining’s experiments, on the Rhubarb of the Hills, and the Senna and
Henbane grown at Seharanpur, are published in the 4th and 5th volumes of the
Transactions of the Medical Society of Calcutta.

54 Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur. [Feb.

considerable quantities supplied to the depots. The oil of turpentine
distilled from the turpentine of the common long-leaved fir is considered,
in a letter from Mr. Hutchinson, to be of “very superior quality.” The
extract of henbane has been pronounced by many, from its freshness,
to be superior to that imported from Europe, and by Mr. Twining to
be of “ most excellent quality.” It has been sent to Madras, and the
supply discontinued from Europe, regular supplies being annually
furnished to the depots. Senna has only this year been introduced
into practice. The Medical Board, after the trials made at the
General Hospital, express their gratification at the result, and direct
that its cultivation be extended as much as possible for the public
service. Mr. Twining pronounces the senna cultivated at Seharanpur
very superior to that commonly supplied for Hospital use, possess-
ing in a high degree the peculiar aroma of the best senna, and after
45 trials, considers it equal to the best senna he has ever seen. The
other articles which have been cultivated or prepared for Hospital
use will be exhibited in the catalogue which forms an appendix to the
report*.

In considering the cultivation of medicines in India in an economical
point of view, it may be safely assumed, that by cultivating a sufficient
number of articles to keep in full employment whatever establishment
may be entertained, a very considerable saving will eventually be
effected ; for the cost of the production of medicines must, like every
other product of the soil in India, be less than can be produced in and
exported from Europe, particularly if some machinery be employed
for the grinding of powders and the expressing of oils and extracts,
and this might easily be done by the water-mill in the garden.

Though the subject would not be less interesting, it would lead into
much too extended detail to enter particularly into the economical
purposes to which the various products of plants are applied. But it
may be mentioned generally, that there are few of the principals of
plants which form the subject of vegetable chemistry, which are not
produced by the plants introduced into the Seharanpur garden, as will
be seen by the various lists which form the appendix.

Among the timber trees, the teak, saul, toon, sissoo, seriss, maple,
casuarina, bamboo, jamun, mulberry, may be mentioned ; as of these
many thousands are furnished annually, to be planted along the banks
of the Doab canal. One of the subjects, to which attention might be
beneficially turned, is that of finding efficient substitutes for, or actually

* The above account formed the substance of a report to the Right Honourable
the Governor General, on his Lordship’s visit to the garden in 1831.

1832.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur. 55

cultivating the hemp, as during the war, when the usual supplies were
cut off, it was proposed to grow it in large quantities in this coun-
try, and Dr. Roxburgh made numerous trials on the comparative
strength of the several articles employed by the natives in India, and
proposed that hemp should be cultivated in large quantities in the
Upper Provinces. This was before it was known, that some of the
finest hemp in the world is to be found in the hills, where it is already
employed by the natives for making ropes to cross their rivers, and for
the manufacture of a coarse cloth much valued in the plains. The most
beneficial results might also be obtained by the introduction of better
kinds of cotton seed for the cultivation of superior kinds of cotton.
Attempts have been made with two species, the one an American, and
the other an indigenous perennial species. Samples of both were sent
to Mr. Saunders, who pronounced the staple of the former to be better
than that of specimens sent of cotton commonly cultivated in this
country, which he however considered of very excellent fabric ; but
the cotton of the perennial species, or gossypium arboreum, he thought
the best description of cotton, the fabric and staple being both good.

As useful in the different arts, it may be mentioned that a very ex-
cellent resin is produced by the saul tree, while a variety of gums ,
which likewise form articles of commerce, are produced by several trees
from the lower hills now naturalized at Seharanpur. The fine sugar
for which the Seharanpur district is remarkable, is chiefly refined with
the mucilage of two plants, kydia calycina and hibiscus abel-moschus.
In the subjoined lists are shown the plants used as dyes , as well as those
which afford materials for the tanning of leather. Among those which
afford fixed oils are some of which advantage might be taken to supply
excellent substitutes for the olive oil now imported from Europe. The
apricot oil sent down to Calcutta was highly approved of. Of plants
affording saccharine matter , it is needless to speak, as sugar is so
abundant, and with very little trouble might be manufactured of
very superior quality. Fcecula or starch , besides forming a principal
part of the several grains, abounds in many tuberous roots, of which the
peculiarities have been hitherto uninvestigated : very excellent salep
has been made from some of the Orchis tribe, and jelly is afforded
by a variety of plants.

The unaccountably little attention which has hitherto been paid in
India to vegetable chemistry* must account for the want of precision

* The analysis by Mr. Piddington of the Rohana bark, Swietenia febrifuga,
published in the 5th volume of the Transactions of the Medical Society, is an useful
indication of what may be effected by attention being turned in this direction.

Account of the Botanic Garden at Sehuranpur. [Feb.

in our knowledge respecting the vegetable products of India, as well as
our ignorance respecting the nature of the acids furnished by different
vegetables. I have no doubt that both Tartaric and Citric Acids might
be manufactured, while of Alkalies, both Potash and Soda exist in
every bazar, and require only purification to be fit for every purpose.

From the above enumeration, it is hoped it will appear that endea-
vours have been made to make the H. C.’s Botanic Garden contribute
to the progress of Botanical Science, at the same time that it has been
made practically useful in distributing to the surrounding provinces
plants both of a useful and ornamental nature.

As the situation was favourable, and little is known of the Natural
History in other departments of the northern provinces of India,
collections have been made of the skins and bones of mammalia ;
of stuffed specimens of birds ; of insects, as well as of other branches of
Natural History ; together with a collection of articles used as medicinal
agents in the north-western provinces, and a series of geological speci-
mens of the parts of the hills I had an opportunity of visiting.

Contents of the Herbarium, arranged according to the natural families.

1. VASCULARES. l. Dicotyledones. 1. Dichlamydece.

Thalamiflorce,

Ranunculaceae

Temstraemiaceae

. .. 1

Camellieae

Magnoliaceae

Olacineae

Anonaceae

Aurantiaceae .... var. 31

Menispermaceae

Hvpericineae

Berberideae

Guttiferae

Podophyllacae

Hippocrateaceae

Nymphoeaceae

37£

Dipterocarpeae

Papaveraceae

Malpighiaceae

Fumariaceae

.... 3

Acerineae

Cruciferae

Hippocastaneae

Capparideae

Sapindaceae

Flacourtianeae

Meliaceae

Ampelideae var. 28

.. .. 1

Geraniaceae

Droseraceae

.... 2

Tropaeoleae

17£ Resedaceae

Balsamineae

Polygaleae . . . , . . . .

Oxalideae

Zvffopliylleae

Caryophylleae

.... 12

Rutaceae

J jnpjp

Simarubeae . .

Malvaceae

.... 11

Ochnaceae

Coriariae

Buttneriaceae

.... 8

Tiliaceae

5 66

Elseocarpeae .... . .

1832.] Account of the Botanic Garden at Seharanpur.

CalyciflortE .

. 4

89 Cacteae

58 Samydeae

62 Terebinthaceae. .

91 Saxifrageae

63 Legumiuosae ..

354

93 Umbelliferae

64 Rosaceae

var. 107 20

105

94 Araliaceas

66 Granateae

95 Lorantbeae

68 Combretaceae . .

96 Caprifoliaceae

71 Onagrariae

. 21

74 Lythrariae

75 Tamariscineae . .

76 Melastomaceae. .

99f Cichoraceae

78 Philadelpheae . .

99§ Cynaroceplialae

79 Myrtaceae

99J Corymbiferae

203

80 Cucurbitaceae . .

100 Campanulaceae

81 Passifloreae ....

102 Ericeae

83 Turneraceae . . . .

85 Portulaceae ....

1243

86 Paronycliieae . . .

Corolliflora.

104 Svmplocineae...

118 Convolvulaceae

. 7

119 Boragineae

. 12

106 Sapoteae

120 Sebestineae

107 Ebenaceae

121 Solaneae

. 10

123 Scrophularineae

109 Jasmineae

124 Orobancheae

110 Stryclineae. . . .

125 Pediculareae

127 Labiatae

124

112 Asclepiadeae. . . .

130 Verbenaceae

113 Gentianeae ....

131 Acanthaceae

132 Lentibulareae

115 Didymocarpeae .

133 Primulaceae

116 Bignoniaceae . .

116$ Sesaineae ....

656

117 Hydroleaceae ..

2. Monoch lamydece.

135 Plumbagineae .

151 Euphorbiaceae

136 Plantagineac. . . .

152 Resedaceae

137 Nyctagineae. . .

155 Urticeae

138 Ainarantbaceae

156 Piperiteae

139 Chenopodeae. . .

157 Artocarpeae

140 Begoniaceac . . .

158 Ulmaceae

141 Polygoneae .. ..

143 Laurinae

146 Thymeleae ....

147 Eleagneae

148 Santalaceae . . . .

329

149 Osyrideae

58 Account of the Botanic Garden at Sehdranpur.

162 Cj'cadeae

163 Hydrocharideae.

164 Butomaceae. . . .

165 Alismaceae

167 Orchideae

168 Scitamineae . . . .

169 Musaceae

170 Irideae

172 Amaryllideae ...

173 Hypoxidae ....

174 Liliaceae

175 Hemerocallideae

176 Asphodeleae . . ..
1764 Bromeliaceae. . .

177 Dioscorinae ....

178 Smilaceae

179 Trilleaceae ....

2. Monocotyledones.

4
12

180 Colchicaceae.

181 Pontedereae. .

182 Commelineae

183 Junceae

184 Juncagineae.

185 Restiaceae. . . .

186 Paliuae

187 Gramma. . . . ,

188 Cyperaceae ...

189 Typhaceae. . . .

190 Pandaneae. . . .

191 Fluviatiles. . . ,

192 Aroideae

193 Sanrureae. . . .

194 Piperiteae ....

CELLULARES.

1. Foliacea.

111

2. A-phyllee.

Musci

Marsileaceae

Hepaticae

Lichenes

Characeae

Fungi

Lucopodineae

136

[Feb.

1 1

1 2
2 9

1 8
1 1
1 1
7 10
356
149
1 2
1 1
2 7

4 14

1 2
2 4

783

2 8
52
39

143

General Synopsis.

f. r»- i, I Thalamiflorae 563 "I
1 • F'Mamy ‘ \ Calyciflorae 1 243 1 2462
ri.DicoTY-J [ Corolliflorae 656 J

LEDONES. j

VASCULARES. \ !

[2. Monochlamydece 329

[ 2. Monocotyledones

CELLULARES. {\ ^hyZ' \V. "V. ." V/.V: ! ” ! 55}

Plants unadjusted, collected between Delhi and Allahabad
Plants of which the natural families are unknown

'2791

783

3574

279

250

Total number of species

4164

1832.] Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii.

II. — Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii. Bp B. H.

Hodgson, Esq.

Having lately received two more stuffed specimens of the Chiru
Antilope, these being the fourth and fifth which I have obtained in
the last two seasons, I beg leave to send you the chief results of my
examination of them, in emendation of, and addition to, the account of
this animal with which I supplied you last year, and which you pub-
lished in the Gleanings No. XXIII.

The average size of the mature male exceeds not 5 feet of length,
from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail ; nor two feet ten inches
of height, at the shoulder. From the occiput to the insertion of the
tail, feet. Length of the neck 12 to 14 inches : of the head, 10
to 1 1 inches : of the tail 5\ inches, without the hair ; 8|, with it.

The nasal tumours are natural formations, and not the consequence
of disease, as had been suggested to me. I have lately examined
them with care, and find them to be composed of firm, elastic
skin and cartilage, like the nostrils, immediately behind the pos-
terior boundary of which they are placed, and into which they
open freely and obviously ; being in fact a prolongation backwards,
and an accessary dilatation of that reflexion of the skin which lines
the nostrils. Externally, these peculiar formations present a round,
firm, elastic swelling on each lip, well defined, and covered with hair,
like the proximate parts. Internally, they constitute a sack, of capacity
to hold a marble, lined with the same skin which lines the nostrils, and
not communicating with the interior of the nose, except by and through
the ordinary nostrils, into which the sacks open forwards by a slit that
will admit the finger to be passed into it, and thence all over the in-
terior of the sacks. These sacks or sinuses are usually defiled with
mucus, secreted from the nose ; and they seem to me (who am no ana-
tomist) to be nothing more than accessary nostrils, designed to assist
this exceedingly fleet animal in breathing, when he is exerting all his
speed : for the expansion of the nostrils opens them also, and their
elasticity allows of their being dilated in the manner of the nostrils.
There is not the least appearance in the Chiru, either external or in the
bones of the skull, of lachrymary sinuses : and the nose is ovine, that
is, perfectly clad and dry, but with somewhat of the cervine breadth
and bluntness of termination. The Chiru is a very compactly formed
animal, standing high on the legs, and full of vigour, grace, and spirit.

i 2

60 Further Illustrations of the Antilope Ilodgsonii. [Feb.

The body is rather short and full : the neck of medial length and
bowed in : the head, nor long nor short ; of considerable vertical but
rather small transverse dimensions, except between the orbitar ridges,
which being very prominent, give to the head when measured between
them, a good breadth : the forehead sub-convex : the nose slightly
arched : the muzzle thick, dry, and hairy : the ears small, erect,
pointed, naked within, having a small quantity of longish soft hair
standing up around their orifices ; fully clad without, in close short
fur ; no trace of striae on their interval surface : the tail shortish,
reaching to the buttocks only ; rounded, tapered pretty fully, and
uniformly covered with hair, of which that at the tip is a little pro-
longed, but not tufted : the limbs clean, long, slender, sinewy, covered,
like the head and ears, with close fine fur of an ordinary stamp, and
having no brushes on the knees : the pasterns, long and inclined : the
hoofs finely formed, compressed and hard ; before rather spread, and
padded behind : the false hoofs, mere callosities, but large. The
w ithers are lower than the croup ; the back nearly straight ; the
hind limbs stooped ; and the whole form, and accustomed attitudes,
those of an extremely agile and swift animal.

The hair of the body in general is of exactly the same character
with that of the Tibetan musk and Himalaya wild sheep, but consi-
derably finer and shorter than the hair of the former, and rather finer
and shorter than that of the latter. All three animals are similarly
furnished with a sub-fleece of fine wool ; which, however, is scanty in
all, and most so in the Chiru.

The hair spoken of is harsh, but feeble and brittle ; erect from the
skin, very thickly set on, of a hollow quill-like feel and look, undu-
lated throughout the greatest part, but the lips straight.

The w ool is, in the main, closely applied to the skin. A small
portion of it, however, insinuating itself between the interstices of the
close set hair, passes up half way to its point. The wavy structure
of the hair not only tends to keep the wool in close adaptation to
the skin, but, by the manner in which the salient bends of one hair
fit into the resilient curves of another, prevents as far as possible
the access of cold air to the skin in all the various movements of
the body.

The peculiar clothing of these animals is, in all its characteristic
development at least, reserved for the cold season only ; the hair being,
in summer, of a nearly ordinary quantity and quality, and the wool
then scarcely discoverable.

1832.] Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii.

I have now by me the skin of a Chiru, the covering of which is so
little peculiar that it might almost pass for that of any ordinarily
coated animal of the Antilopine, or Cervine family. The head,
ears, and limbs, are always dressed in fine close fur of a common
kind ; and the hair of the tail, though longer and looser, is of a like
ordinary description. The rufous tinge upon the superior surface of
the Chiru is apt to be superseded in age, by a hoary dull white, on the
crown of the head, neck, and buttocks. The dark marks on the face
and fronts of the limbs are not black, but dark brown ; darkest in
the oldest animals. The lower part of the forehead only, or more pro-
perly the face, is darkened, and not the forehead, at least never the
upper part of it ; and the stripes down the limbs depend for their full
development on maturity, young animals wanting them more or less,
especially on the hind legs above the hocks. The tail, on its upper
surface, is always coloured like the proximate part of the back.

The special habitat of the Chiru is north-eastern Tibet, and he is
never seen, except casually, so far west as Ladakh. He inhabits open
plains exclusively, never frequenting either mountains or woods ; or
associating with the musks or wild sheep.

If therefore the Kemas of iElian, is justly characterised as having a
white tail, and residing in woods, the Kemas is not the Chiru, as Major
H. Smith surmises it to be. The drawings and technical description
of the skull and horns of the Chiru annexed (pi. IV.) will I think
suffice to prove that the Chiru’s horns are not set on u parallel to the
plane of the face,” according to the same able author’s statement. Whe-
ther or not the horns rest on the “ crest of the frontals,” I cannot say ;
not precisely understanding the expression. But I fancy this must be
a mistake ; since the horns quit the forehead between the orbits and
not behind them ; and the frontal bones, continued behind the horns,
are considerably higher there than where the horns rise from them.

I have taken peculiar pains in ascertaining the habitat of the Chiru,
and have no doubt, now, that the species frequent the open plains of
north-eastern Tibet, exclusively. Nor do I see any reason to distrust
my present information, that the species is very gregarious, and that
the females have no horns.

By the sinuses within the osseous cores of his horns, and by the
slgnal compression of their bases, the Chiru is related to the genus
Capra, as also, by the partial and peculiar development of the annuli.
We might add, as additional features of resemblance, the total
absence of the lachrymal sinuses and the dry muzzle. But here the

Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii.

slender analogy must be dropped : for, the Chiru has the graceful
proportions proper to the Cervine race of Ruminants, and is not inferior
in speed and elegance to the finest of the Antilopes, to which last inter-
mediate genus, half Cervine, half Caprine, he belongs.

After a careful comparison of the indicative characters of Major H.
Smith’s several groups of the Antilopidae, I am of opinion that the
Chi'ru ought to be referred to the Gazelline group. As already men-
tioned, I am now satisfied that the species is gregarious, inhabits open
plains, and has no horns in the females. Whether either sex has
inguinal pores, and the females 4 or 2 mammae, are points still
undetermined. This Chirii must belong to one of the four following
groups of the able author just mentioned : The Orygine, the Redun-
cine, the Gazelline, or the Antilopine. By the want of the following
marks of the Orygine group, I presume it cannot be referred to that :
High shoulders; large stature; long ears ; a long tufted tail; a mane;
horns parallel to the face ; non-gregarious habits ; horned females.
With respect to the Reduncine division, the Chiru has none of the
subjoined characters of it. Horns short, rounded, annulated less than
half way up, and set on behind the orbits; ears large and open; fur
long and loose ; tail with the hair directed towards the sides ; shortish
thick limbs; residence on rocky mountains, or under cover of reeds or
bushes; non-gregarious habits.

There remain only the Gazelline and Antilopine sections to choose
between ; and the preference is perhaps due to the former, as having
more equivocal suborbital sinuses, and ovine nose. It must be con-
fessed however that the total absence of lachrymal sinuses, united to
an ovine nose, and horns turned forwards, in the Reduncine group,
afford strong grounds for referring the Chiru to it ; grounds which
would have decided me in favour of that group, had I not been in-
formed that such apparently permanent and immutable characters as
the two former, are nevertheless dependant on climate.

Upon the whole, I refer the Chi'ru to the Gazelline group, chiefly
because it is very gregarious, dwells in open plains, and has limbs of
the finest mould. I would observe by the way, that these long
slender limbs terminating in hoofs, the posterior part of which is some-
what dilated and padded, offer strong presumptive proof of the truth
of the asserted residence of the species in open bare plains with a
sandy soil, such as all the plains of Tibet have. ,

1832.] Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii.

Dimensions and character of the Skull and Horns of the Antilope Hodgsonii.

The length of the skull, from the symphysis of the intermaxillary
bone, to the superior edge of the great occipital foramen, by a line
passing along the frontal and sagittal* sutures, and continued down the
middle of the occiput, is 1 foot If inches.

From the extremity of the nasal bones to the central point of their
insertion w ith the frontal, 3f in. ; from the commencement of the
frontal suture to its junction with the coronal, 3| in. ; thence to the
bambdoidal suture If in. ; thence to the transverse crista of the
occiput, 1 in. ; thence to the edge of the foramen magnum, If in.

The utmost height, or vertical dimensions of the skull, from the
ridge of the parietal to the lowest edge of the ramus of the jaw, 6f in.
Utmost breadth of the skull, across the malars and before the or bitar
ridges, 3 in.

The orbits are placed laterally, with a decided obliquity forwards and
outwards, and consist of very firm and complete bony circles, which are
open behind to the temporal fossae, as usual. The nearest interval
between them measures 3f in. the widest and posterior interval 4f in.

The core or osseous nucleus of the horns has a large oval cavity,
communicating by one clear canal with the frontal sinus.

The cavity has nothing porous or cellular about it ; but is a perfect,
smoothly-walled, sinus, partly excided from the frontal bones, and
partly from the pedicular or basal portion of the horn’s core.

It is f of an inch broad and If inch high ; and from the anterior
and inferior edge of it is opened the canal communicating forwards.
This canal, like the greater cavity, is smooth-walled, and free from
cellular partitions. It is of an uniform cylindrical shape, with the
diameter of a crow’s quill. At the forward end it throws off a duct
opening into the frontal sinus, and then proceeds to communicate with
the nose, by means of 3 or 4 cellular perforations in this the anterior
extremity of the canal or tube, and where alone there is the least
appearance of cellular formation, either in the canal, or in the great
cavity above it.

The bony nucleus extends about f rds up the horns, or as far as the
annuli, and is of a remarkably compact and hard structure, towards
their bases; more fibrous and soft, towards their tips.

As I have spoiled a beautiful skull to ascertain these facts, I must
crave permission to say, scepticism avaunt !

i. e. by a line best so defined, for of course the sagittal suture exists not.

64 Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii. [Feb.

There are two species of Antelope* at least, besides the Chiru,
wanting that solid character in the nuclei of the horns, which has
heretofore been held to be so essentially indicative of the genus.

The frontal processes take their origin from the frontal bone at
the distance of three quarters of an inch from the apices of the nasal
bones, anteriorly ; and half an inch from the proximate point of
junction of the frontal and parietal bones, posteriorly : laterally,
their distance from the orbitar ridge of the temporal bone is ■§■ of
an inch ; and from the proximate point of the frontal suture lfths
of an inch. The basal interval of the frontal processes, or
unsheathed pecicular portion of the long nuclei, is rather more
than \ inch : their circumference, pretty close to the base, 4-f inches ;
and their height, from the adjacent part of the orbitar arch to the
commencement of the horny sheath, \ an inch.

The frontal processes proceed from the forehead, above and
between the orbits, with a slight inclination outwards and backwards
— so slight, however, that the long horns which they support assume
very nearly an erect position in the natural state of the animal : and
it is the outward, not the backward inclination, which prevents one
from justly characterising the horns as vertical.

The occipital bone forms the posterior boundary of the skull,
with the exception of the triangular portion, on which arises the crista
occipitalis ; and this portion is locked between the ends of the parietal
bones, and is situated superiorly. The occiput then proceeds almost
perpendicularly downwards, with an inclination backwards, in conse-
quence of which inclination the foramen magnum and its condyles
form the most posterior and inferior part of the skull. The opening of
the foramen is in the same parallel with the opening of the nasal
bones.

The relative shortness of the frontal and correlative elongation of
the parietal bones is worthy of remark ; as well as the development of
the entire longitudinal dimensions of the latter, upon the superior sur-
face of the cranium.

The forehead is rather convex, and is sloped without any sudden dip
to the nose, which latter is somewhat arched. A slight longitudinal
ridge extends from the lambdoidal suture down the centre of the
skull a little beyond the anterior limits of the cores of the horns.
There is no symptom on the skull of lachrymary sinuses.

* A. Bubalis, the sinus discovered by Blumenbach and A. Thar ; the sinus
discovered here, by Dr. Bramley, from a skull in my possession.

P( rv

J'fcmtasui'oii/iyae vie*' of fat Sea// of Cfie*

JB TajJtsL- JM .

1832.] Further Illustrations of the Antilope Hodgsonii.

The molar teeth are only five in number, on each side of either
jaw*. The eight incisors of the lower jaw are unusually erect, close,
uniform, rounded, with broadish crowns.

The Horns.

feet. inch.

Length of the horns, in a straight line 2 0

Do. do. along the curve 2 ly

Basal diameter, fore and aft,) . 0

Do. do. side to side, ^ between the two lowest nogs, Q

Basal interval „ 0 01-

Terminal interval 1 2

The skull and horns above described are those of an old male, the
incisor teeth being long and full of marks, the sutures half obliterated,
and the cristae prominent.

In regard to the precise form and curvature of the horns, I may ob-
serve, in addition to what was said in the Gleanings No. XXIII. that
if you lay a horn, separated from the skull, on a table, with that side
downwards which in the natural state faces laterally outwards , and apply
your hand to the base of the horn, so as to make it rest fairly on the
table, you will find the horn touch the table at two points ; one, the
base merely, the other, the space of an inch situated within four inches
of the tip. In other words, these two points form the ends of a long,
gentle, lateral curvature, the bend of which is inwards, and its utmost
divergency from the chord of the bow, or plane of the table, barely
^ of an inch.

The tip of the horn you will observe to be elevated from the table
about | of an inch ; which is caused by a pretty decided inflexure
of that part. In young animals, this lateral bend, with the incur-
vation of the points of the horns, is scarcely traceable : nor is it
other than trivial in the oldest. The great bend is the forward
one, which is so material, that if you lay the horn on the table
with that side downwards, which is the frontal surface in the
natural state of the animal, (the horn must be supported to make it
keep this position,) you will find the horn to touch the table only
at the very extremities, the whole of its length being carried off
the plane of the table in a bow, the most divergent point of which
rises nearly 3 inches from the table, and is situated about £ of the
horn’s length from its base.

* Three skulls of old animals now by me exhibit uniformly this number of
molars.

Note on the Cervus Jarai.

[Feb.

In size, the horns vary from 22 to 27 inches of straight mea-
surement, and are straighter in proportion as they are less fully
grown. The number of the annuli seems to depend on the size of the
horns ; their development, not so ; for in the smallest that I possess
the rings are as strongly marked as in the largest. The rings are
round-edged, and very fully and uniformly displayed on the frontal
surface ; much less fully or regularly on the dorsal and lateral
surfaces ; round both which the annuli are apt to be continued
brokenly only and evanescently. As if, however, to prove that the
true character of these marks is annulation, you will sometimes find
a ring carried all round the horn in equal and full development. The
divergency of the horns at their tips is usually as half their length :
the interval at the bases so small, that the little finger can barely be
passed between the horns in that part.

The lateral compression is always strongly marked, and extends
evanescently to within about six inches of the tips of the horns.

The terminal portion is smooth and rounded, and the extreme points
sharp, and turned inwards as well as forwards.

Nepal , March 1, 1832.

III. — Note relative to the Account of the Cervus Jarai , published
in the Gleanings , No. 34, by the same.

In my description of the Jarai, above alluded to, I observed that it
has u no peculiar elongation of the hair on any part of the body.”

The materials of that description were chiefly derived from the
examination of a living animal ; which examination was conducted in
August, or at the height of the hot-weather, when, there being really
no signs of such elongation of the hair, I stated the fact accordingly.

Subsequently, it occurred to me, that the hairy covering of the
Ruminantia is apt to vary considerably in character with the seasons
as well as with increasing years, and I therefore again visited and
examined the individual in question (a young male), in the beginning of
February ; when, somewhat, to my surprise I confess, I found the infe-
rior surface of his head, as far forwards as the gape, the whole of his
neck, and the top of his shoulders, invested with shaggy hair more
than twice the length of that of the body. So adorned, the animal is
readily assignable, (with the assistance of Griffith’s Cuvier, a copy
of which I have just received from my bookseller,) to the llusa
group of Major II. Smith, and possibly to the species E'/uinus
of that able writer. Since my description of the Jarai was
composed, I have received some splendid spoils and important

Note on the Cervus Jarai.

1832.]

additional information relative to this animal, or rather group of ani-
mals; for, it would appear, by the testimony of some most respectable
Nipalese, supported by skins, horns, and skulls, in my possession, that
there are at least three distinct species (or most strongly marked
varieties) of the Jarai, inhabiting the Saul forest.

The Nipalese distinguish them, with reference to the different
shades of their in general uniform dark colour, by the epithets Phusro,
Rato, and Kalo, or gray, red, and black, Jarai. The Phusro is the
largest, being not less than a horse in size; and has his dark hide
copiously sprinkled with Phusro or hoary. The Rato is the next in
point of size; and is of a redder hue. The Kalo is the smallest, and
of a shining, clear black.

The horns of the Rato and Phusro have a similar form and charac-
ter, the only invariable difference between them being, that those of
Rato are considerably less in proportion. The horns of the Kalo, on the
other hand, present a character, not merely alien to the two others,
but to the type and index of the group ; for they have only one
antler on each beam, viz. a brow antler.

All three species have the forehead flat or sunk, with a strong ridge
down its centre ; the nose straight ; canines in the upper jaw, large
lachrymary sinuses; shoulders, whole neck, and jaws, shaggy; very
coarse, dark hair ; longish tail ; fan-like ears ; massive rough horns,
inclined outwards and backwards, which are set on stout pedicles,
terminated by large granulated burrs. All, too, but the Kalo species
have a subterminal, as well as a brow antler.

The whole of the above characters are constant. But no reliance
can be placed on the circumstances of the superior antler being
thrown off near the top, or near the centre, anteriorly and externally ;
or, posteriorly and internally : nor upon that of the inferior antler
being basal, or only subbasal.

I make these remarks, guided by Major H. Smith’s admirable work,
with ten good specimens before me ; and I feel pretty confident that,
that able author will find reason by and bye to abandon his present
distribution into species of this group of Deer. With the wish to be
of service to him I subjoin drawings of the horns of the three pre-
sumed species of Nipal ; but shall not attempt any further description
of them at present. I apprehend that the Nipalese Phusro Jarai is
identical with the great Rusa, or Ilippelaphus, of Cuvier ; that Cervus
Equinus may be the Rato Jarai ; and possibly, the Rusa Ham of
Raffles (which he says is smaller than Equinus and black-coloured)
the Kalo Jarai of Nipal.

k 2

On Modes of obtaining Important

[Feb.

IV. — On Modes of obtaining Important Results by Simple Means.

By Capt. G. Twemlow, Bomb. Arty.

— Movement of heavy masses without e.rpen ce of Machinery.

Most persons may some time or other have to raise heavy bodies,
or move ponderous masses, without having command of modern mecha-
nical means ; a few retrospective glances to the probable modes prac-
tised in ancient times, by comparatively rude nations, may perhaps
elicit useful hints.

We know that in very remote times, enormous stones, such as no
modern machinery could be made to lift, were placed on the tops of
walls, or fixed over pillars to form gateways : for instance, “in the
ruins of Balbek, (the ancient Heliopolis of Syria,) there are three
stones lying end to end, in the same row, extending sixty-one yards.
One of them is sixty-three feet long, the other two sixty each ; their
depth is twelve feet, and their breadth the same ; and, what adds to
the wonder, they are raised up into the wall above twenty feet from
the ground*.” Were these stones swung up by machinery ? most
probably not ; labour having been cheap, it is far more probable, that
as the masonry advanced, an inclined plane of earth would be pro-
gressed ; up which the common materials would be conveyed by donkies,
camels, and labourers, as we read of in the accounts of ancient works :
and this in hot climates would admit of lime-cement binding well and
gradually. Having the inclined plane, there would be no difficulty in
rolling the sixty feet in length stones up it, to their intended positions
on the top of the wall, there being an inclined plane on each side. When
the w ork w as finished and the cement (if used) been allowed time to
bind, the earth would be removed, and be used in levelling the
grounds, forming terraces or in other modes. It will be found that in
eastern climes the ex pence attending this mode of scaffolding is
much less than that of machinery, where very heavy masses have to be
raised +. Let us take another instance.

Suppose you had to place on two erect pillars, or pointed rocks, an
enormous impost stone, similar to the egg-shaped stone said to be still
existing in the parish of Constantine, Cornwall, England. “ The longest
diameter of this stone is thirty-three feet, pointing due north and south,

* Extract from Maurice’s Indian Antiquities, vol. vi. page 142.

■f- In throwing arches of small span, the cheapest plan for (or instead of) cen-
terings, where labour is cheap, is to erect two temporary walls j and fill the space
between them with earth, or stones, bricks, &c.

1832.] Results by Simple Means.

end to end ; it is fourteen feet six inches deep, and contains at least
seven hundred and fifty tons of stone*.”

Say the pillars are twenty feet in height, and firmly embedded,
would you not be at a loss how to apply modern aids or obtain fulcra ?
Yet the thing is easy of accomplishment, if we would condescend to do
what the people of old would have done ; that is to say, employ the
cheapest mode of imbedding the two pillars up to their tops in earth, so
as to form an inclined plane equally all round them. Now, suppose the
impost stone to be at the foot of the inclined plane, what would be the
least expensive mode of rolling it to the top? I wdl give one plan to
be followed, should there be no mechanical aid available other than
obtainable by levers and ropes — men however being plentiful. Having
procured twenty stout timbers of twenty-five feet in length, to one end
of each I would attach a cable; the other ends I would insert
at equal distances apart, perpendicularly (or rather sloping back-
wards) along the upper surface of the mass to be moved ; the ropes
being pulled on, by a sufficient number of men, the levers must
be brought down to the ground, making the mass of stone turn nearly
a quarter of its circumference, having people ready with earth and
stones to throw behind it, to prevent retrogression : the stone-cutters
will then cut out another set of lever-insertion holes, the levers be again
applied, and the stone be turned over a second quarter turn ; and so on,
until there are lever-insertion holes on the four sidesf, so that it may
be turned over and over until it gets to the top, and is fixed on the pil-
lars: then remove the earth, and the task is accomplished. If it should
so happen, that the number of men are deficient to furnish power to
pull down the levers, the cables might in that case be made fast to
anchor stakes on the reverse inclined plane, taking a double turn of
each ; then by twisting the two ropes with hand levers inserted between
them, enormous power may be obtained : this in fact was the power of
the catapult and other ancient artillery. In the Dekhan, the power of
twisted ropes is to this day made much use of. A kubi (cultivator)
will pile up an enormous height of straw on his cart, and then throw over
the load several sets of ample ropes, with snatch-blocks of a simple
construction at each end of them fastened to the side of the cart ; then
by twisting the ropes he will compress his load to a surprising degree.

Now let us consider how to move by simple means, masses which
are nearly cylindrical, to considerable distances. For instance, ancient

* Maurice’s Indian Antiquities, vol. vi. page 140.

t Not however opposite each other, or so deep as to injure the stone.

70 Modes of obtaining important Results by simple Means. [Feb.

pillars or statues, or enormous guns, as trophies. If wood is cheap and
abundant, perhaps the easiest plan is, to fit beams of wood round the
mass, after the manner of staves, so as to barrel it up into the shape of a
cylindrical roller. — It has been practically proved, that an iron 18 pr.
siege gun, weighing forty-two hundred weight, barrelled up in this way,
the staves being about five inches thick, fitted exactly to the rings,
astragals, and fillets of the gun, will travel easily on good roads with
four gun bullocks, and over common roads with eight bullocks of
54-inches standard ; inequalities in the roads, or even heaps of stones
which would upset a gun carriage, are no obstruction to the barrelled
up gun ; some part of the cylinder is sure to act as a wheel. Narrow
ravines or passes would be the only difficulty : the neck of thecaseable
has a ring passed over it, and forms the axle at one end ; whilst an axle
arm inserted in wood is driven into the muzzle of the gun, to form the
opposite axle of the cylinder.

The Btjapur gun, which weighs about forty two tons, might be
moved to the coast in this way with forty pairs of good gun bullocks. It
should be encircled with staves of tough wood, twelve inches in thick-
ness, closely fitted to the surface of the gun: the staves to be dove-tailed
and cross-pinned together, and then strongly hooped up ; the centre of
the cylinder to be purposely made rather larger than the ends, to
admit of driving the hoops tight, and also to enable it to travel better :
it would then form a roller six feet in diameter and fifteen feet in
length, and might serve to roll a road to the coast. A powerful capstan
(such as that described in the Memoires D’Artillerie, vol. 2., third
edition, page 156,) might be carried on a cart to aid in passing the
cylinder over mountains, and to drag it through rivers. It is believed that
^his plan would be better than two or more broad girdles or wheels
round the gun. Let it not be supposed, however, that artillery officers
of the present day would have any difficulty in making a suitable
carriage for it: if it were desirable to go to that expense, a carriage
might easily be made. An Italian of Otranto, who served in the Moghul
armies, under the title of Rumi Khan, had this gun in his park, and
used it in several battles, occasionally firing sacks of copper coin out
of it.

(To be continued .)

1832.]

Scientific Intelligence.

V. — Scientific Intelligence.

1. — Progress of the Indian Trigonometrical Survey.

Plate I.

The measurement of the base line on the Barrackpur road was completed on
the 21st January, and it is difficult to imagine that any similar work was ever
brought to a more successful issue. Through the politeness of Captain Everest, the
Surveyor General and Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey, we enjoyed
the advantage of an invitation to witness the remeasurement of the first day’s work,
with the view of ascertaining what might be the probable amount of error : on
which occasion the President of the Physical Class of the Asiatic Society and many
distinguished officers of the Engineer department were present. An elegant break-
fast was laid out in tents after the ceremonies of the morning were concluded.
While contemplating with admiration the order and precision with which the
whole process was conducted, we took an opportunity of sketching the apparatus
as it stood, that the readers of the Journal might be better able to comprehend the
nature of the operation of measurement which was partially described in the
Gleanings for November last.

Plate I. represents the six sets of bars resting upon their tripods, levelled, and in
the act of adjustment, longitudinally, by means of the directing or boning telescope,
to the left hand. The boning telescope ought to have been considerably more
distant from the bars, but it would then necessarily have been excluded from the
drawing. A movable covering of tent-frame work protects the bars from the influence
of the morning sun ; at their left extremity is seen a cast-iron tripod, firmly
imbedded in the ground, bearing a brass vertical cylinder and plate, upon the
surface of which is the minute dot which marks the termination of the last,
and acts as the starting point of the present measurement : by the adjustment of
the cross wires of the end microscope in the true vertical line bisecting the dot.
These apparatus are represented on a larger scale in the foreground ; as also one
of the wooden boxes containing the compound bar, shewing the two projecting
tubes, within which lie the cross levers of the compound bars, upon which are
engraved the dots, or marks to be read off by the double microscopes interposed
between each box, as described on a former occasion, and as will be readily compre-
hended by reference to the drawing. The right extremity of the line is seen to
enter the door of the tower, where it terminated in a coincidence with the original
dot, engraved upon a metallic disc attached to a sunken stone pier.

As it had been anticipated that the settling of the masonry of the tower might
derange the terminal mark, precautions had been taken in the first instance
to sink into the ground another adjusting point at a short distance in advance of
the tower ; and it was in fact to this point that the remeasurement was referred,
to know the probable amount of error in measuring, as well as whether the
tower had altered its position in any perceptible degree.

From conversation with the officers on the ground we picked up the following
particulars regarding the Barrackpfir base. We must crave their indulgence if our
memory leads us into any mistake in detailing them.

The measurement commenced on the 23d November 1831, and ended on the 21st
January 1832, an interval of 58 days, of which 13 may be set down as holidays ; so
that the actual time employed was about 45 days. The length of the ground mea-
sured upon an average was 750 feet, or 12 sets of bars : but towards the conclusion,
so systematic had become the arrangements, that 18, 20, and once 24 sets (that is
1512 feet) were measured in one day, which is double what was effected on the Irish

Scientific Intelligence.

[Feb.

survey : this was chiefly attributable to the number and experience of the officers
employed ; whose names we must be allowed to record, as we observed them at
their posts.

At the boning telescope,. . Lieut. Western, Engrs. with Lieut. Bridgman, Art.

First microscope, Mr. J. Taylor, astronomer at Madras,

/" Mr. Logan,

\Mr. T. Oliver, ^

Central microscopes,.. /Mr. J. Pevton, f Of the Madras
JMr. M. Torrick, £ Trig. Survey.

V Mr. W. Rossenrode, j

Last microscope, Lieut. R. Wilcox, Surveyor of the Brahmaputra River.

The length of the base between tower and tower was nearly 34,000 feet, or
6.4 miles, being 539 sets of bars. The whole of this extensive line came within the
limits of the Barrackpur road, falling about 30 feet to the eastward of its centre
at one place ; and the greatest deviation from horizontality in the road was at
about a mile from the south tower, to which point it sinks gradually about 5^ feet.

At the north tower, it was found beforehand that there would be about 3 feet
to spare in excess of a certain number of bars. This, added to the possibility of
the dot on the centre stone moving during the settling of the tower, induced
Captain Everest to adopt the expedient of sinking a heavy stone of 3$ feet cube,
into the ground, at the distance of one set of bars south of it : two brass plates were
let into this, one to receive a dot at the exact distance of a set of bars from the
tower, and one to receive the dot terminating the 538th set. By this arrangement
the surplus interval could be measured at leisure, with the same accuracy employed
throughout the remainder of the line.

The difference found on remeasuring eleven sets of bars was .026, or one-fortieth
of an inch on 700 feet — a surprizingly small quantity, and only one-third of what
was experienced in the previous trial at Lord’s cricket ground. To form a tangible
idea of the error this might induce upon the result, it is sufficient to say, that it
would amount to about 12 feet between Calcutta and Delhi, or 125 feet in the
diameter of the great globe itself.

This, it must be remembered, is without applying any correction for temperature,
though the two measures were taken in November and January : and it is a con-
vincing proof how well the compensation had been adjusted in England.

The southern tower was found to have moved one-thirteenth of an inch to the
south-east, which is not surprising, considering the light nature of the soil, and
the height, 80 feet, to which the building was forced to be raised to place the
theodolite within view of the other triangle stations.

Upon the conclusion of the great work, the bars were brought to Calcutta, to
be recompared with the standard at the Surveyor General’s office. But for the
minute particulars of this and all the other processes we must wait for the public
account that will doubtless be eventually given of the whole operation.

We hear that Lieutenant Western is now deputed to carry a meridional series
of triangles southwards from the Parisnath meridian on the longitudinal arc,
to Cuttack. After which the same meridian is to be prolonged northwards to
the limits of our frontier. We presume, that the bars will shortly be transferred
to the neighbourhood of Agra, where another base will be necessary for the
primary meridian. Should an intermediate line be required, none could be found
better suited to the purpose than the military road between Benares and
Allahabad, which enjoys the same advantages of straightness, even level, and hard
materials, with that of Barrackpur ; added to much greater openness of country.

1832.]

Scientific Intelligence.

2. — Climate of Vera Cruz.

Allusion was made in our last, to a meteorological register kept by Fray Juan,
at Vera Cruz ; as the tables whence the notice was derived are in manuscript, we
think it will be interesting to publish the following abstract of them, drawn up for
the purpose of elucidating the subject of the barometric tide.

Table of Observations on the Barometer and Thermometer , at Vera Cruz, by Fr.
Juan , 1817, 1818.

Thermometer.

Barometer at 8 2°.

Month.

6 am.

Noon.

10 P. M.

6 A. M.

Noon.

10 P. M.

Januarv,

63.0

70.3

69.8

30.052

.069

.034

Februarv,

69.0

71.5

70.7

.043

.050

.034

March,

72 1

75.6

74.7

.000

.002

April,

76.8

80.7

79.7

29-879

.885

.871

May,

79.2

84.1

83.1

.860

.866

.855

June,

80.6

83 9

82.8

.828

.830

.825

July,

79.8

83.4

82.2

•$55

.954

.957

August,

79.9

83.6

82.6

•890

.900

.897

September

79.7

82.3

.897

-909

.909

October

78 6

81.0

80.4

-907

.918

.928

November,

74.6

77 7

76.7

.965

.966

.964

December,

69.7

72.6

71.6

30.025

.044

.048

Means,

75.66

80.56

78.05

29.941

.950

.943

3. — Range of the Barometer at Berhampur.

We also alluded to the barometric observations made by the late Dr. Alexander
Russell, at Berhampur, in 1820 — 21 : of these too, we take this opportunity of
putting on record an useful summary made out by a friend, and reduced to the
temperature of 32°, by applying the correction calculated from the thermometric
register kept in Calcutta, for want of the local observations : the differences cannot
be verv a-reat.

Month.

Sun-rise.

Maximum
between 9
a. M. and
noon.

Minimum
between 4
p.M. and 6
P. M.

Diurnal

Tide.

10 P. M.

Rise to
Sun-rise.

inches.

dec.

inches.

dec.

January, . .

29 915

29.925

29.831

0 094

29.881

0.034

February,..

.850

.874

.766

.108

.824

.026

March, ..

.762

.788

.699

.119

.693

.069

Aprd, . . . .

.669

.686

.570

.116

.661

.008

May, ....

.553

.570

• 466

.104

.533

.020

June, ....

.450

.453

.382

.071

.438

.012

July, .. ..

.450

.457

.401

.056

.450

.000

August, ..

.494

.50 1

.413

.088

.480

.014

September,

.615

.620

.563

.063

.604

.011

October, . .

.733

.803

.740

.063

.774

.009

November,

.837

.861

.781

.0 0

.828

.009

December,

.904

•922

.826

.096

.877

-027

Means,

29 690

29-705

29.619

.086

29.670

.020

Range, . . . .

.465

.472

.459

.443

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4. — Hourly Observations of the Barometer in the Fortress of Cavite.

The following notice, extracted from the Royal Institution Journal, No. IV.
hears upon the same point ; and from the blank left opposite to the second fall,
we may conjecture that in fact the existence of this fall or nocturnal tide was
hardly borne out by the observations when corrected for temperature, although
from being apparent before correction the words remained unerased.

These observations were made by the scientific men attached to Captain Kotze-
bue’s expedition in the year 1823 — 1826, on the Island of Luzon (14° 34' north-
lat., and 239° 9' west of Greenwich), for ascertaining the periods of its regular
falling and rising during twenty-four hours. The barometer was kept in a room
six toises above the level of the sea, in which the temperature was nearly the same
day and night, (about 25° Centigrade, or 77 Fahr.) and the observations were
made on eleven different days between the 12th and 26th of December. The fol-
lowing are the general results deduced from the whole of the observations. The
barometer has a maximum of height at 9° 1' l1' A. M.

it then falls till 4 28 6 P. M. on an average 1.04 line ;

it rises again till 9 58 3 P. M. „ 0.687 ,,

and falls again till 4 30 0 A. M.

lastly it rises again till 9 1 1 A. M. on an average 0.445

5. — Ur. Wise's Ice Manufacture at Hugll.

Dr. Wise hopes to maintain a constant supply of ice, in Calcutta, for the next
two or three months. Last cold season, although apparently so favorable for its
production, did not afford more than 15 nights in which ice would form; and of
these, only threeor four were really good nights. In consequence of this, instead of
3,000 mans as expected, only 1,000 mans were secured ; which, from the precautions
taken, will, perhaps, answer for several months. Dr. W. has devised the following
simple and effectual method of using the ice. The ice is contained in a stuffed bag,
having two, three, or four holes in its under-part, with padded flaps to close them.
The necks of the bottles to be cooled are thrust upwards through these holes ;
when not wanted, the bag is put into the upper part of a stuffed basket and wrapped
round with a blanket.

VI. — Proceedings of Societies.

1. — Asiatic Society. — Physical Class.

Wednesday Evening, 8 th February, 1832.

The Honorable Sir Edward Ryan, President, in the Chair.

The following Donations to the Museum were presented :

1. Specimens of the Limestone of the Sylhet quarries, from William Cracroft,
Esq.

Impressions of nummulites abound in the limestone of the Chirra hill, west
of the Sanatarium. Turrilites are less common, and impressions of bivalves,
resembling pectens, are still more rare. The interior of the shells is filled with
carbonate of lime, crystallized, of a brown colour.

No. 5. A granular limestone, stated, in Mr. Cracroft’s list, to be “ a poorer lime
than the others in the kiln,” proves to be a crystallized dolomite ; and this cir-
cumstance accounts for the occasional mixture of magnesia in the Sylhet lime of
the Calcutta market.

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There are also specimens of amygdaloid, (containing worn crystals of felspar,)
and of a fine plastic micaceous clay, from below the sandstone of Chirra Punji.

2. A stuffed specimen of a species of Felis, native of the Midnapur jungles,
from Dr. J. Pearson.

It is classed and described in the following manner, by Doctor Pearson :

Gen. Ch. — Incisors • ; canines } | ; cheek teeth f J : the fourth in the upper
jaw transversely situated. Jaws short. Toes, on the anterior extremities, five ;
on the posterior, four, armed with retractile claws.

Sp. Ch. — Groundcolour, greyish brown, approaching to rufous at the sides of
the abdomen, and neck, where it unites with the white of those parts ; and
marked with darker stripes and bands, which are more or less obscure. Inferior
surface, chin, and throat, white. Ears, white within ; externally rufous ; with
an irregular dark patch at their lower part, tipped with black and slightly

pencilled at the tips. Labial whiskers, some entirely white, and a few all

black ; whilst others are black for a very small space at the base, the remainder
being white. Tail, short, grey, annulated with black, from the middle to the
extremity. Legs, greyish, rufous above, and rufous below ; with bands of
dark-grey, which become on the inner side of the elbow and fore arm almost
black. Tarsus, metatarsus, and toes, rufous, darker behind, and almost black
at the heels ; length from the tip of the nose to the insertion of the tail, two feet

two inches ; length of tail, ten inches. Height, at the shoulders, one foot two

inches ; posteriorly, one foot four inches. Caudal vertebrae, twenty.

The size of the Kutas is that of a large Chacal, though not so robust as that
animal. The darker shades on the sides appear as though they had been
less obscure in the youth of the animal, and gradually fading, become broken
stripes and even spots, in their progress to a total obliteration ; a circumstance
which, as there is reason to believe, occurs in more than one species of this family.
My specimen is a full grown, but not an old male ; the female, and the young,
I have never seen.

I have looked through a list of the species described in the Monograph of the
Felinse, by Mr. Temminck, without being able to satisfy myself of that distin-
guished zoologist having met with the animal I now present to the notice of
the Society : nor can I discover it in the Synopsis, appended to Griffith’s transla-
tion of the Rfegne Animal ; and therefore I have ventured to designate it by the
name which is given to it by the natives of Midnapur. The Felis Chaus,
Bruce’s booted Lynx, would appear to differ in colour, and length of tail ; and
the Kutas is destitute of the black at the hinder part of the leg, which forms so
distinguished a feature in that animal, having merely an approach to it, in a dark
shade of rufous brown. The Bengal Carocal, of Edwards, differs still more in
colour and length of tail. Should, however, the Kutas prove to be identical with
any known species of Lynx, my name can readily be dropped.”

3. A series of the land and fresh water shells of the Doab, and of the Gan-
getic provinces, presented by W. B. Benson, Esq., C. S.

“ Trib.
Fam.
Gen.
Sp.

Digitigrades.

Felincr.

FeRs.

Kutas.

Cuv.

Lin.

Mihi.

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[Feb.

Land Shells.

1. Helix — from banks of Ganges, in Behar, and of the Betwa, in Bundelkhand.

2. H, . Lamarck — Bundelkhand and Behar. The exuviae plentiful above

Hugh.

H. — Macrochlamys Indicus (Benson), separated from Helix, on account of
the difference of character in the animal.

3. Pupa — Bundelkhand and Doab.

4. Bulimus — allied to B. Bengalensis, Lam. Bundelkhand and Doab.

5. Bulimulus — under stones and pots, and among grass. Doab and Bundel-
khand.

6. Succinea — sides of ravines. Etaweh.

7. Carocolla reversa — a variety from banks of Jelling! and Sikhrigali.

8. Cyclostoma Beharicum — Benson — Pathargh&ta.

9. Ditto ditto, variety.

10. Ditto young of ditto.

11. Ditto granulata — Bundelkhand and Doab.

Fresh-water Shells.

12. Planorbis — Jhils in the Gangetic provinces.

13. Lymnwa — Jhils near the Sinde, Bundelkhand.

14. Ditto — Bhagea nala, near Kalinjar.

15. Melania — From the Gumti : observed the exuviae of this hill in Jelling!, at
Kisliennagar.

16- Ditto — Ganges, its branches, and Salt-water lake near Calcutta.

17. Ditto — Gumti and Gogra.

18. Paluiiina Bengalensis — Jhils of Gangetic provinces.

19. Ditto ceramcopoma — ditto and adhering to rocks in the river K6n.

20. Ampullaria — from jhils in Bundelkhand.

Fresh'Water Bivalves.

21- Cyrena — Ganges and its branches,

22. Unio — Gumti and Gogra.

23. Ditto — Ganges and its branches.

24. Ditto — Jumna and Ganges.

25. Ditto— Ganges and branches.

26. Novaculina Gangetica — Benson — Jumna.

Mr. Benson has further obliged the Society by classifying the shells formerly
received from Dr. Pearson of Midnapur ; they consist of the following :

fresh-water shells.

LAND SHELLS.

1. Planorbis.

2. Melania.

3. Paludina Bengalensis.

4. Ampullaria.

5. Helix .

6. Carocolla.

7. Bulimus Bengalensis , — a variety with

three lower bands on the whorl.

8. — Cyclostoma.

To these catalogues, for the sake of reference, the following list of American shell*
presented in the name of Mr. Lea, at a former meeting, is subjoined.

24 varieties of the Unio, chiefly from the Ohio river.

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1832.]

U. tuberculafus, Barnes.
U. ovatus, Say.

U. plicalus, Lesueur.

U. securis, Lea.

U. eesopus, Green.

U. metanever, Rafin.
U. ellipsis. Lea.

17. pustulosus, ditto.

17. perplexus, Lea.

17. zigzag, ditto.

U. undulatus, Barnes.
U. foliatus, Hildreth.

17. nasutus, Say. Schuylkill. U. complanatus\purpureus.\ 17. gibbosus, Barnes.

U. torsus, Rafin. U. irroratus, Lea. U. cariosus, Say, Sch.

17. occidens, Lea. V. siliijuideus, Barnes. 17. rectus. Lane,

17. mytiloides, Rafin. 17. cuneatus, ditto. 17. circulus, Lea.

Venus, Mercatoria, N. Jersey.
Symphynota alata, Lea, Ohio.

ockracea, Sch.

Solen ensis, Lam. N. Jersey.
Achaline vexillum, do. Cuba.
Alasmadonta, nndulata. Say, Sch.
Mur ex capillis, Massts.

Spirula peronia, Florida.

Pe tricola fornicata, Say, N. Jersey.

Melania Virginica, Say, Sch.

conica, ditto, Ohio.

, canaliculata, ditto, ditto.
multilineata, ditto, Sch.
armigera, ditto, Ohio.

Helix, albolabris, Say, ditto,

thyroides, ditto, ditto,
anculosa preciosa, ditto.

Turbo, irroratus, New Jersey.
muricata, Cuba.

Mr. Benson, on departing for Europe, begged the Society’s acceptance of his
copy of Lamarcke’s “ Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertebres," the five
first volumes.

4. A letter was read from Dr. Royle, late Superintendent of the H. C«
Botanical Garden at Sehdranpfir, presenting to the Society —

1. A plan and description of the Botanic Garden at Seharfinpfir, with cata-
logues of the contents of the Garden and of the Herbarium. [Printed in the pre-
sent Number.]

2. Drawing of the Alpine Hare, or Pika of Buffon, of the natural size, from
the Chfir mountains, at eleven thousand five hundred feet of elevation.

3. Specimen of a rich Iron Ore, (magnetic,) from the Phagfini mine, on one of
the branches of the Chfir mountain.

4. Specimen of the Trap Rock, or Dyke, discovered near Masfiri by Lieutenant
Cautley, from Dr. Falconer.

5. Specimen of the Bijli-ke-hdr, alluded to in Captain Herbert’s paper. —
[Gleanings III. 269.]

A note by the Secretary pointed out that the substance of these bones has not
undergone mineralization, as supposed by Captain Herbert, excepting in so far as
they are impregnated with iron. The animal matter of the bones takes fire at a
red heat, and the bone, on cooling, is of a fine blue colour, resembling the Odon-
tolite, or Bone Turquoise, of Johns. The composition, on a hasty analysis, wa*

found to be — •

Animal matter 12.

Phosphates of lime and magnesia 70.

Carbonate of lime, 14.

Oxide of iron, 2.

The interior of the bones is filled with calcareous crystals.

Mr. B. H. Hodgson’s paper on the Mammalia of Nepal was then read.
Also, Dr. Royle’s description of the Garden at Sehfiranpfir.

The thanks of the Society were voted for the above contributions.

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2. — Medical and Physical Society.

4tk February, 1832.

Dr. Madden was elected a Member of the Society : and Dr. William Chalmers,
of Croydon ; Mr. O. Walter, Surgeon, of Dover ; and Senor Don Francisco Xa-
vier Lazo, M. D. Secretary of the Medico-chirurgical Society of Cadiz ; were
elected corresponding Members. Hugh Guthrie, Esq. Asistant Surgeon, Bengal
Service, requested to return to the Society, and have his name replaced on the
list of Members, agreeable to the resolution passed on the 4th April, 1829, which
was complied with accordingly. Several communications were then laid before
the Society.

1. — A letter from Dr. J. N. Casanova, a corresponding member, stating that, as
he had resolved to reside permanently in Calcutta, he was desirous of being ad-
mitted a resident member of the Society, for the purpose of contributing his sub-
scriptions, and assisting at the meetings ; he was therefore proposed as a member
of the Society, by Mr. Egerton and Mr. Twining.

2. — A letter from Dr. Milne, of Bombay, enclosing his 3rd communication on
Dracunculus, with three reports, numbered 4, 5, and 6, in support of his opinions
on that subject.

3. — A communication from Brigadier O'Halloran to the Secretary, accompanied
with the root of a plant similar to that presented at the last Meeting from Dr.
Robert Tytler, and said to possess the property of preventing the scorpion from
stinging.

4. — A statement from Mr. Boswell, relative to the benefits he had seen follow
the employment of venesection in the cold stage of Intermittent Fevers, while he
was employed with the Artillery at Dum-Dum, where he had employed this treat-
ment in obstinate agues with invariable success, and only in one instance was ob-
liged to repeat the bleeding in the cold stage.

5. — A letter from H. Guthrie, Esq. with remarks on a native prescription for
ring-worm.

6. — A letter from J. L. Geddes, Esq. Assistant Surgeon, Madras Service ; with
the statement of a case in which the Madar had proved remarkably successful in
the cure of an obstinate ulcer.

7- — A letter from Dr. D. Stewart, of Howrah, stating that, during an excursion
to Sliikarpore, he had been consulted by a Native young man, who had suffered for
five years from nasal polypi ; whereby his health had become much impaired, and
in fact, the patient was reduced to a skeleton. The disease had acquired an enor-
mous bulk, pressing down into the posterior fauces and pharynx, so as to prevent
the deglutition of any solid food, and to embarrass the respiration exceedingly;
and probably also to affect the circulation, as the patient suffered from distressing
head-aclies. The disease was effectually removed by ligature and torsion.

Dr. Smyttan’s Treatise on the varieties of East India Opium, was read and dis-
cussed by the Meeting. Dr. S. observes, that the varieties of East Indian Opium
seem to be little known or recognised in Europe, and that good Turkey Opium is
said to contain nearly three times the quantity of morphine, or narcotic principle,
that is found to be procurable from the product of the Bengal provinces. The best
produce of the Malwa districts is said to differ from Bengal Opium both in appear-
ance and quality', quite as much as the Turkey Opium does. Dr. Smyttan’s opin-
ions are formed from extensive observations made while he was Inspector of Opium
at Bombay, compared with the records of that office; and with the experiments
tsnade at Calcutta by the late Dr. Jameison in 1821, which are given with a

1832.]

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table in the Appendix : to which is annexed a table of experiments made at Bombay
by Dr. Maxwell. The whole of these appear to have been conducted with great care
and attention. The general results of a series of experiments conducted by the
Author, are corroborative of the accuracy of the tables alluded to in this paper.

At the conclusion of the Meeting, some splendid drawings of Medicinal plants
were placed on the table by Mr. Royle.

3. — Societe' d’ Histoire Naturelle of the Mauritius.

8 th March, and \2th April, 1831.

The Secretary presented to ihe Society, the Baron Cuvier’s Analyses des Travaux
de I'Academie des Sciences de Paris, for 1822, 25, 26, 27 — in the name of the illus-
trious author.

Mr. Rob. Lyall, M. D. read a note on the subject of the astronomical observa-
tions made by him at Tannanarivou, capital of the kingdom of the Ovas, in
Madagascar, whence the latitude of the place was found to be IS0 56' 20" S. and
the longitude 47° 57' 46'' E. of Greenwich.

The same member also described two plants, met with in Madagascar by
M. W. Bojer. One is the Euphorbia splendens boj. now become common in the
gardens of the Mauritius, but of which Dr. L. made known a variety with a
yellow flower. The other is the Poinciana Regia boj. now also naturalized in the
island. Both are figured in the last numbers published by Professor Hooker, of
Glasgow, a corresponding member of the Society.

M. Lidnard Pdre read an account of a fish of this island, belonging to the genus
Pleuronecte, and remarkable for certain rays on the pectoral fins, extending the
whole length of the animal ; a drawing accompanied. The islanders rank this fish
among the soles.

M. J. Desjardins continued his analysis of Zoologie du Voyage de l' Uranie, chiefly
adverting to the Polypi, which play so important a part in the natural history of
the island.

The Secretary also described the hail, which fell in the storm of 8th February,
at the Camp de Masque, as of the size of small peas, proving destructive to
tender plants.

Many letters of correspondents were communicated. One from M. Qtioy, of Paris,
stated, that M. le Baron G. Cuvier had yielded to the desire of the Society, to
become possessed of his bust. The following paragraph added weight to M. Des-
jardin’s observations. “ Detruisez done cette opinion populaire du corail qni entre
en fltur . vous insulaires, vous aurez pour cela plus de facility et de preponderance
que nousautres qui ne faisons que passer.”

A letter from Dr. Smith, of Algoa Bay, announced his intention of publishing
the Society’s proceedings in the South African Quarterly Journal.

M. Mn. Sauzier, of Bourbon, wrote that the volcano of that island had several
violent eruptions in November, December, and January, from two distinct craters.
There was no flow of lava, as had been reported at St. Denis.

The president communicated the notes of M. J. Cameron, of Madagascar, rela-
tive to some minerals, particularly to an aerolite which fell on the Mozambique
coast. Mr. C. announced that the Queen of the Ovas, Ranavalon Manzaka, had
bestowed an annual donation of j£J60 towards the expence of a practical course of
chemical lectures, which many of her subjects are already sufficiently educated to
understand and appreciate.

Mr. Bernard, Proviseur du College Royal, and Mr. J. N. Casanova, D. C. M.
were admitted honorary members of the Society. The latter presented his work
entitled “ Examen de las Aguas minerales de San Pedro, &c. 1827.”

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