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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)

1886

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 '

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Pages
366
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.143845
Segment Pages Author Actions
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

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