THE

JOURNAL

OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

VOLUME THE THIRD.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XXXVI.

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ART. I.—Narrative of a Voyage from Singapore to the West Coast ofBorneo, in the Schooner Stamford, in the Year 1834; with anAccount of a Journey to Montradok, the Capital of a ChineseColony in possession of the principal Gold Mines, by GEORGEEARL, Esq. &c. &c. s 1

ART. I I . — History of Tennasserim, by Captain JAMES LOW, MadrasArmy, M.R.A.S., &c. &c 25

ART. III.—Observations on Atmospheric Influence, chiefly in reference tothe Climate and Diseases of Eastern Regions, in Five Parts, by SirWHITELAW AINSLIE, M.D., M.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., &c. &c. . . 55

A R T . IV.— No. I. of Mr. WATHEN'S Ancient Inscriptions . . . 9 4

ART. V.—Remarks on the Language of the Amazirghs, commonly calledBerebbers, by JACOB GRABERG, of Hemso, M.A, sometime Swedishand Norwegian Consul for Maroccoand Tripoli, Knight of the RoyalSardinian Order of St. Mauritius and St. Lazarus . . . 106

ART. VI. — Account of a Ceremonial Exhibition of the Relic termed " theTooth of Buddha," at Kandy, in Ceylon, in May 1828. Translatedand abridged from the original Singhalese, drawn up by a NativeEye-witness 161

ART. VII . — Account of the Province ofRamnad, Southern Peninsula ofIndia. Compiled from the " Mackenzie Collection," and edited bythe Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society 165

ART. VII I . — Letter from the Right Hon. Sir Alexander Johnston to theSecretary of the Royal Asiatic Society 189

APPENDIX.

Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Society . . . . .191

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ART. IX. — Historical Sketch of the Kingdom of Pandya, SouthernPeninsula of India. By HORACE HAYMAN WILSON, Esq., Boden

Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford 199

ART. X. — Process of making Crystallised Sugar from Toddy, or the Juiceof the Cocoa-nut Palm, on the Island of Ceylon. Communicatedby Lieut.-Colonel COLEBROOKE, Royal Artillery, M.R.A.S. &c. . 243

ART. XI. — On the Introduction of Trial By Jury in the Hon. East IndiaCompany's Courts of Law, by the late R ! M RAZ, Native Judge inMysore, Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Author of the" Treatise on Hindu Architecture," &c. &c. &c.; addressed toH. S. GRiEMB, Esq., late Member of Council at the Madras Pre-sidency . . 244

A R T . XII .—No. I I . of Mr. WATHEN'S Ancient Inscriptions . . . 258

ART. XI I I . — Remarks on the Yih-She, a Historical Work of the Chinese,in Fifty Volumes, by the Reverend C. GUTZLAFF, of Canton, &c.&c. &c 272

ART. XIV. — History of Tennasserim, by Captain JAMES LOW, MadrasArmy, M.R.A.S. &c. &c. 287

ART. XV. — An Essay descriptive of the Manners and Customs of theMoors of Ceylon, by SIMON CASIE CHITTY, Maniyagar of Putlam,M.R.A.S. &c. . 337

ARTJ XVI. — Land Tenures of Dukhun (Deccan), by Lieut.-ColonelW I L L I A M H. SYKES, F.R.S 350

ART. XVII. — Translation of an Inscription on an Ancient Hindu Seal,by the late Sir CHARLES W I L K I N S , L L . D V & C ; with Observations

by Professor WILSON 377

ART. XVIII . — Observations on some Ancient Indian Coins in the Cabinetof the Royal Asiatic Society, by Professor WILSON . . . 3 8 1

ART. XIX. — Supplementary Note to the Historical Sketch of the King-dom of Pandya, by H. H. WILSON, Esq 387

ART. XXV—Register of Temperature of the Air, from the 6lh of June tothe 6th of July 1833, in a Choppered Tent, cooled by Tatties, atKurrim Khan, thirty-six miles above Kalpi, on the River Jumna,kept by Captain T. S. BURT, Bengal Engineers . . . 3 9 1

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ART. XXI. — Extract of a Letter from BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON, Esq.

M.R.A.S. to Sir GRAVES HAUGHTON 394

APPENDIX.

Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Society . . . . . . i

Proceedings of the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society . xlvi

Thirteenth Annual Report of the Council lx

Auditors' Report lxv

Proceedings of the General Meetings of the Royal Asiatic Society . . IxixCopy of a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JOHNSTON,

Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society,byPERCiVALB.LoRD,Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's Medical Establishment,Bombay . lxxvii

Copy of a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JOHNSTON,Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society, by BRIAN HOCGHTONHODGSON, Esq. the Hon. East India Company's Political Residentin Nepal lxxxii

Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant JAMES MACKENZIE, of the BengalCavalry, to the Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, datedJudda, the 22d of February, 1836 lxxxv

Proceedings of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . . lxxxviii

Regulations for the Royal Asiatic Society xcix

List of Members cvii

Oriental Translation Committee cix

List of Annual Subscriptions to the Oriental Translation Fund . . cxi

Branch Oriental Translation Committees cxv

Honorary Members cxvi

Members, Resident and Non-resident ib.

Foreign Members . cxxvii

Corresponding Members cxxv

List of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . . • cxxvi

List of the Members of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of theRoyal Asiatic Society cxxxi

Index cxxxviii

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