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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London

1833; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

Dr. T. B. Wilson, R. W. Hay, Lt. James Wolfe, Woodbine Parish, Mr. John Biscoe, John Barrow, Hon. W. Waldegrave, R. Brooke, George Long, Colonel J. R. Jackson, Charles Sturt, G. Long, F. C. Brown, Colonel J. R. Jackson, Charles Gutztaff, William Desborough Cooley,

Frontmatter: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, London. Table of contents: Contents, Index. Essay: On the Natural Advantages of Cochin as a Place of Trade. Extracted from a Memoir Addressed to the Madras Government by F. C. Brown, Esq., Calicut. Dated June 5, 1832, Memorandum Respecting the Pearl Fisheries in the Persian Gulf. Communicated by Colonel D. Wilson, Late Resident in the Persian Gulf, &c., Recent Accounts of the Pitcairn Islanders. Communicated by John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S. Read 10th June, 1833, Extracts from a Private Journal Kept on Board H. M.S. Seringapatam, in the Pacific, 1830. Communicated by Captain the Hon. W. Waldegrave, R.N. Read 24th June, 1833, Extracts from the Journal of a Residence in Siam, and Voyage along the Coast of China to Mantchou Tartary. By Charles Gutztaff. Canton. 1832, Account of the Mahavillaganga; Abridged from the Journal of an Excursion to Explore It, Undertaken, under Instructions from Government, by R. Brooke, Esq., Master Attendant at Trincomalie. Colombo. 1833, Miscellaneous, &c. On the Site of Susa. By G. Long, Esq., Account of the Route to Be Pursued by the Arctic Land Expedition in Search of Captain Ross. Communicated by Captain Back, R. N. Read, 10th Dec. 1831, Account of East Falkland Island. Communicated by Woodbine Parish, Esq., F.R.S. Read 14th Jan. 1833, Reports on the Navigation of the Euphrates.—By Captain Chesney, R.A. by George Long, Esq., Description of the River Usumasinta, in Guatemala. Communicated by Colonel Don Juan Galindo, of the Central American Service, Corresponding Member of the Royal Geographical Society. Dated Flores, on Lake Peten, 12th March, 1832. Read 26th Nov. 1832, Notice of the Caribs in Central America. Communicated by Colonel Don Juan Galindo, F.R.G.S. Dated Government House, Trugillo, 1833, Regulations Respecting Geographical Societies in the British Colonies or Dependencies, Desirous of Connecting Themselves with the Royal Geographical Society of London, Supposed Junction of the Rivers Gambia and Casamanza, on the Western Coast of Africa. Communicated by R. W. Hay, Esq. V. P. Read 10th December, 1832, Analyses, &c. Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar. Performed in His Majesty's …, Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, during the Years 1828-29-30-31: with Observations on the Soil, Climate, and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales. By Captain Charles Sturt, 39th Regt., F.L.S. and F.R.G.S. 2 Vols. 8vo. London. 1833, Papers Read before the Royal Geographical Society Journal of a Tour through Azerdbijan and the Shores of the Caspian. Communicated by Colonel Monteith, …, Short Account of Mombas and the Neighbouring Coast of Africa. By Lieutenant Emery, R.N., On the Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by Way of the Lake of Nicaragua. Communicated by Captain Phillips, R.N., F.R.G.S., Recent Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean. From the Log-Book of the Brig Tula, Commanded by Mr. John Biscoe, R.N. Communicated by Messrs. Enderby. Read, 11th February, 1833, On the Construction of the Map of the Indus,— P. 118. Communicated by Lieutenant Alex. Burnes, E. I. C. S., Reference Having Been Made above to the Remains of Ancient Reservoirs and Canals, Found in the Interior of Ceylon, the Following Particulars regarding Them Are Further Abridged from the Ceylon Almanack for 1833, Observations on the Gulf of Arta, Made in 1830. Communicated by Lieut. James Wolfe, R.N. Read, 24th Dec. 1832, Diseases (Furnished by Mr. Guthrie, Surgeon of H. M. S. Seringapatam), Substance of a Geographical Memoir on the Indus. By Lieut. Burnes, E. I. C. S. Communicated by the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Read 25th March, 8th and 22d April, 13th and 27th May, 1833, On the Seiches of Lakes. By Colonel J. R. Jackson, F.R.G.S., St. Petersburgh, Account of the Ascent of the Peter Botte Mountain, Mauritius, on the 7th September, 1832. Extracted from a Private Letter from Lieutenant Taylor, R.A.; and Communicated by Mr. Barrow. Read 28th January, 1832, Physico-Geographical Essays. Essay I.—Observations on Lakes; Being an Attempt to Explain the Laws of Nature regarding Them, the Causes of Their Formation and Diminution, the Different Phenomena Which They Exhibit, &c. By Colonel J. R. Jackson. 4to. 88 Pp. Bellizard and Co., St. Petersburgh; Bossange, London, A Memoir on the Civilization of the Tribes Inhabiting the Highlands near Dalagôa Bay. (Abridged.) by William Desborough Cooley, Esq., Letter from the Secretary of the Geographical Society at Bombay to the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Received 2nd May, 1833.