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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal April 1836

1836

The Miris occupy that stripe of alluvial land along the northern bank of the Brahmaputra from the large island Majuli (the extreme boundary of the present ftlijah of Assam) to the river Dihong the northern branch of the Brahmaputra ; and arc bounded on the north by the hill country of the Abors. [...] The space underneath is inhabited by the cattle and the interstices in the floor afford the double advantage of showering down all the offal to the herd below and preventing the accumulation of filth and nastiness. [...] The country of this tribe is bounded on the N. by the Brahmaputra on the S. by the Burl Dihing ; on the E. by a line drawn S. from the mouth of the Kunili nallah to the Burl Dihing and on the W. by a line drawn from the mouth of the river Dibunu to the Burl Dihing. [...] Though of minor importance and beauty gm wooden roof is well spoken of in the Report of the Committee of Survey : " The groined roof of the nave is we believe the first work of the kind ever attempted in this country and involving as it does the practical application of some of the most difficult principles of constructive carpentry the sucessful completion of such a work under all the dif [...] the amount of injury accruing to the arch and pillar by the penetration of the rain into the spandril* and through the arch ; also the amount of pressure from the sinking of the abutment of the cleristory walls which resed in part on the arch : but that it must halve been very great will he evident to every one acquainted with the rules and principle* of construction.
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Pages
71
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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I.—Account of the Mountain Tribes on the Extreme N. E. Frontier of Bengal by J. McCosh Civil Assistant Surgeon Goalpara
193-208 James Prinsep view
II.—On the Method Employed to Remove the Vaulted Roof of St. Peter’s Church in Fort William Illustrated by a Section (Plate V)
208-215 James Prinsep view
Statistical Agricultural and Revenue of Muthra District made up to 1st October 1835 by Capt. R. Wroughton Rev. Surveyor
216-218 James Prinsep view
IV—Notes on the State of the Arts of Cotton Spinning Weaving Printing and Dyeing in Nep00E1;l by Dr. A. Campbell Attached to the Residency
219-224 James Prinsep view
List of the Principal Cotton Piece Goods Manufactured in Nepal Proper and throughout the Hills to which is Added a Notice of the Bhunyara or Canvas Made from the Innar Bark of Trees and the few Cuarse Woollen of the Neighbouring Hills
224-227 James Prinsep view
V.—Summary Description of some New Species of Falconide by B. H. Hodoson Esq.
227-231 James Prinsep view
VI.—Synoptical Description of Sundry New Animals Enumerated in the Catalogue of Nipalese Mammals by B. H. Hodson Esq.
231-238 James Prinsep view
VII.—Note on the Occasional Existence of Fresh Water on the Surface of the Ocean by Mr. C. Brownlow
239-239 James Prinsep view
VIII.—Note on the Cervus Deivaucelii of Cuvier or C. Elaphoides and Bahraiya of Hodgson
240-242 James Prinsep view
IX.—Horary Observations of the Brometer Thermometer and Wetbulb Thermometer Made at Calcutta on the 21st and 22nd of March 1836. by Mr. H. Barrow H. C. Mathematical Instrument-Maker
243-244 James Prinsep view
X.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society Wednesday Evening the 4th May 1836
245-254 James Prinsep view
XI.—Miscellaneous
254-255 James Prinsep view
XI.—Meteorological Register
256-256 James Prinsep view

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