OR,

TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN BENGAL,

For inquiring into the

History and Antiquities,

THE

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LITERATURE,

OF

ASIA.

VOLUME THE ELEVENTH.

PRINTED VERBATIM FROM THE CALCUTTA EDITION.

LONDON:

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CONTENTS

OF THE

ELEVENTH VOLUME.

I. AN account of the Petrifactions near the village of

Treevikera in the Carnatic. By Capt. J. WARREN

II. An Essay on the Sacred Isles in the West, with

other Essays connected with that work. By

Major F. WILFOrd.

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III. A Catalogue of Indian Medicinal Plants and Drugs,

with their names in the Hindustání and Sanscrit

languages. By JOHN FLEMING, M. D. .

IV. Sketch of the Sikhs. By Brig. Gen. MALCOLM

V. An account of Experiments made at the Observa-

tory near Fort St. George, for determining the

length of the simple Pendulum beating seconds

of time at that place, &c. By Capt. J. WARREN 293

VI. A case of the Bite of a poisonous Snake successfully

treated. By JOHN MACRAE, Esq.

VII. Descriptions of several of the Monandrous Plants of

India, belonging to the natural order called Scita-

mined by LINNEUS, Canna by JUSSIEU, and

Drimyrhiza by VENTENAT. By W. ROXBURGH,

M. D.

VIII. On the Rosheniah sect and its founder, Bayezid

ANSARÍ. By J. LEYDEN, M. D.

IX. On the Sources of the Ganges, in the Himádri or

Emodus. By H. T. COLEBROOKE, Esq.

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318

363

429

X. Narrative of a Survey for the purpose of discovering

the Sources of the Ganges. By Capt. F.V. RAPER 446

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