Excerpt from The Calcutta Journal of Natural History, Vol. 1 Without however having any serious design on the pockets of the public, we are disposed to put its taste to the test; and although the task could hardly have devolved on worse hands, we are determined to devote our pages solely to several departments of science, which at present only meet with a casual place in the Journals of this Presidency. Although our Journal will be devoted exclusively to scientific objects, and particularly to the various branches of Natural History, it is hoped that if the multitudius applications of these to useful purposes, mental as well as commercial, be taken into account, there are few whose tastes and interests will t be sufficiently concerned to give it their support. The great object of the publication will be less to afford amusement than instruction; and above all, it will be our ambition to make kwn the Researches of Naturalists in subjects connected with Indian productions. With this view we shall bring together such facts as may be collected from time to time, and endeavour to keep before the public the exact state of the several subjects of inquiry, and the claims of those who are employed in them Having ourselves experienced the disadvantages of many who labour in the cause of science in the recesses of an Indian jungle, we shall therefore be the better able, both as naturalists and men, to appreciate results attained under disadvantages which can only be understood by those who have been exposed to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.