Miscellaneous Papers. Relating to Indo-China (Reprinted for the straits branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (From Dalrymples“Oriental Repertory” and the “Asiatic Researches” and “Journal” of the Asiatic Society of Bengal)

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The Aborigines of Central India.—Comparative Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Languages of Central India—Aboriginal' of the Eastern Ghats.—Vocablary of some of the Dialects of the Hill and Wandering Tribes in the Northern Stream. [...] "This book is by far the best fitted in the present state of knowledge to enable the general reader to gain a fair and unbiassed conception of the multifarious contents of the wonderful miscellany which can only be truly understood—so Jewish pride assorts—by the life-long devotion of scholars of the Chosen reople."—/equirer. [...] The poem abounds with imagery of Eastern luxuriousness and sensuousness; the air seems laden with the spicy odours of the tropics and the verse has a richness and a melody sufficient to captivate the senses of the dullest."—kg«ndard. [...] The author has at the request of the publishers considerably enlarged the work for the translator and has added the literature of the subject go date ; the translation may therefore be looked upon as an equivalent of a new and improved edition of the original. [...] In the preface he states that the system of Kapila is the earliest attempt on record to give an answer from reason alone to the mysterious questions which arise in every thoughtful mind about the origin of the world the nature and relations of man and his future destiny ' and in his learned and able notes he exhibits the connection of the Sankhya system with the philsophy of Spinoza ' and '

Title	Pages	Author/Editor
Frontmatter	i-xii	R. Rost	View
I. Some Account of Quedah	1-4	R. Rost	View
II. Report Made to the Chief and Council of Balambangan By Lieut. James Barton Of His Several Surveys	4-20	James Barton	View
III. Substance of a Letter to the Court of Directors	20-26	R. Rost	View
IV. Formation of the Establishment on Poolo Peenang	26-37	R. Rost	View
V. The Gold of Limong	38-40	Macdonald	View
VI. On Three Natural Productions of Sumatra	40-50	John Macdonald	View
VII. On the Traces of the Hindu Language and Literature Extant Amongst the Malays	50-55	William Marsden	View
VIII. Some Account of the Elastic Gum Vine of Prince-Wales Island and of Experiments Made on the Milky Juice Which It Produces: With Hints Respecting the Useful Purposes to Which It May Be Applied	55-60	James Howison	View
IX. A Botanical Description of Urceola Elastica Or Caoutchouc Vine of Sumatra and Pulo-Pinang; with an Account of the Properties of Its Inspissated Juice Compared with Those of the American Caoutchouc	61-66	William Roxburgh	View
X. An Account of the Inhabitants of the Poggy Or Nassau Islands Lying off Sumatra	66-76	John Crisp	View
XI. Remarks on the Species of Pepper Which are Found on Prince-Wales Island	76-83	William Hunter	View
XII. On the Languages and Literature of the Indo-Chinese Nations	84-171	J. Leyden	View
XIII. Some Account of an Orang Outang of Remarkable Height Found on the Island of Sumatra; Together with a Description of Certain Remains of This Animal Presented to the Asiatic Society by Capt. Corn-Foot And at Present Contained in Its Museum	172-178	Clarke Abel	View
XIV. Observations on the Geological Ap-Pearances and General Features of Portions of the Malayan Peninsula and of the Countries Lying Betwixt It and I8 North Latitude	179-201	James Low	View
XV. Short Sketch of the Geology of Pulo Pinang and the Neighbouring Islands	201-215	T. Ward	View
XVI. Climate of Singapore	215-i	R. Rost	View
XVII. Inscription on the Jetty at Singapore	219-220	W. Bland	View
XVIII. Extract of a Letter from Col. J. Low	221-222	R. Rost	View
XIX. Inscription at Singapore	222-223	R. Rost	View
XX. An Account of Several Inscriptions Found in Province; Wellesley on the Peninsula of Malacca	223-226	James Low	View
XXI. Note on the Inscriptions from Singa-Pore and Province Wellesley. Forwarded by the Hon. Col. Butterworth C.B. and Col. J. Low	227-232	J.W. Laidlay	View
XXII. On an Inscription from Keddah	232-ii	low	View
XXIII. A Notice of the Alphabets of the Philippine Islands	235-235	R. Rost	View
XXIV. Succinct Review of the Observations of the Tides in the Indian Archi-Pelago	236-250	R. Rost	View
XXV. Report on the Tin of the Province or Mergui	251-256	G.B. Tremenheere	View
XXVI. Report on the Manganese of the Mergui Province	257-258	G.B. Tremenheere	View
XXVII. Paragraphs to be Added to Capt. G. B. Tremenheere’s Report on the Tin of Mergui	258-259	R. Rost	View
XXVIII. Second Report on the Tin of Mergui	260-271	G.B. Tremenheere	View
XXIX. Analysis of Iron Ores from Tavoy and Mergui and of Limestone from Mergui	272-275	A. Ure	View
XXX. Report of a Visit to the Pakchan River and of Some Tin Localities in the Southern Portion of the Tenas-serim Provinces	275-284	G.B. Tremenheere	View
XXXI. Report on a Route from the Mouth of the Pakchan to Krau and Thence Across the Isthmus of Krau to the Gulf of Siam	285-297	Alexander Fraser, J.G. Forlong	View
XXXII. Report; &C. from Capt. G.B. Tremenheere Executive Engineer Tenasserim Division to the Officer in Charge of the Office of Superintending Engi-neer South-Eastern Provinces	298-301	G.B. Tremenheere	View
XXXIII. Remarks on the Different Species of Orang-Utan	301-309	E. Blyth	View
XXXIV. Further Remarks on the Different Species of Orang-Utan	309-318	Edward Blyth	View

Miscellaneous Papers. Relating to Indo-China (Reprinted for the straits branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (From Dalrymples“Oriental Repertory” and the “Asiatic Researches” and “Journal” of the Asiatic Society of Bengal)

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