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CONTENTS.

PAGE.

I. Observations respecting the remarkable effects of Sol-

Lunar Influence in the Fevers of India: with the

scheme of an Astronomical Ephemeris for the

purposes of Medicine and Meteorology,......

II. Extract from a Journal, during the late Campaign in

Egypt,...

III. Of the origin of the Hindu Religion, ..

or تهذيب المنطق IV. Extract from the .

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"Essence

of Logic," proposed as a small Supplement to

Arabic and Persian Grammar, and with a view

to elucidate certain points connected with Ori-

ental literature, .....

V. An Account of the Measurement of an Arc on the

meridian on the Coast of Coromandel, and the

length of a degree deduced therefrom in the la-

titude 12° 32′,.

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137

VI. On the Hindu Systems of Astronomy, and their con-

nection with History in ancient and modern times, 195

VII. An Essay on the Sacred Isles in the West, with other

Essays, connected with that Work, ..

245

VIII. On the Védas, or Sacred Writings of the Hindus,... 377

IX. A Botanical and Economical Account of Bassia

Butyracea, or East India Butter Tree, ......... 499

X. Description of a species of Ox, named Gayal,...... 511

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APPENDIX.

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Introductory Remarks, intended to have accompanied Cap-

tain MAHONY's Paper on Ceylon, and the doctrines of

BUDDHA, published in the seventh volume of the Asiatic

Researches, but inadvertently omitted in publishing that

Volume,

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