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 40 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS. 173. ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY, Pashvdbali, pp. 1?2, 10 as., 1852. 8. b« s. An old work by Lawson, re- written in elegant language, with additions by a randit of the Sanskrit College, Tara Shankar, who wrote a Prize Essay on female education four years ago. It gives anecdotes illustrative of the following animals, and their habits, lion, jackal, bear, elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tiger, and cat ; cuts also accompany the accounts ; the previous edition of 1828 was compiled by J. Lawson, and translated by W. Pearce. 174. (A. B.) ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY, R. C. Mittra's Pashvdbali, pp. 660, 1834. 8 b. 8. 1 Re. taken from Bingley and other writers, suggested by the late J. Prinsep. Written by the Professor of Vernacular in the Hindu College— gives the history of the following animals — dog, horse, ass, ox, buffalo, sheep, goat, camel, wolf, leopard, monkey, beaver, seal, bat, hare, rat, with a great number of illustrative anecdotes — it is in Anglo Bengali, which has limited its sale, but it is now sold very cheap and ought to be in every Vernacular Library and School. 175. BIRDS, Account of some, Pakhi JBibaran, pp. 48, 2 as., by R. C. Mittra, s. b. s. only the first part appeared, treats of birds generally : of birds of prey, eleven kinds, as condors : vulture : falcon : bearded eagle : golden eagle : the osprey, &c. 176. (E. T.) CAMEL, Stories of, s. b. s., 1851, 2 as. colored 4 as. 8 pictures of the camel, with descriptions, viz., mounted near a tent — in a Bedouin encampment— a caravan moving in the desert, ditto resting at night, proceeding to Mekka ; camel fights, boys playing with a camel. 177. (E. T.) ELEPHANTS, Stories of, Hasti Itihas, 8. b. 8., 1851, pp. 11. 2 as., colored 4 as. A translation from " Grandniama's stories about the Elephant,** the plates were procured from England by the late J. D. Bethune ; gives nine pictures, and descriptions of the elephant with a howdah— in the jangles : mode of catching wild ones ; the elephant taken prisoner ; the elephant in procession ; hunting a tiger ; elephant fighting with a tiger; do. drawing cannon, ditto squirting water. 178. MAN, CONSTITUTION OF, as adapted to Na- ture, voLl, Vqfed Vastu^ t.p., 2nd ed, pp. 244, by Akhay-ku- mar Dut. Roz. & Co. Takes Combe's line of argument, but using Indian similies and illustrations to shew the evils resulting from violating the laws of nature. Treats of the laws of nature re- garding mind and body : relating to happiness : the evils from