in Hindustan, extend over the tract of country lying between Assam on the north, and the district of Sylhet on the south, from Lat. 25. to 26. 27, and from Long. 90. 52. to 92. 11. The area of the country embraced within these limits is estimated at 2808 square miles, of which a superficies of 729 square miles belongs to the British, and the remainder to a number of protected native chiefs. The British portion supports a population of 10,935; that of the native chiefs maintains somewhat more than 30,000. The Cossyah tribes, though Pagans, are not Hindus; they eat beef, and have neither idols nor temples, but offer sacrifices to rocks, streams, and groves. Huge monuments of stone with doorways (reminding the English traveller of Stonehenge), are scattered over the Costa Rica hills, and are conjectured to have been constructed in memory of departed chiefs and warriors. Though the people are wild, the general tranquility of the country has been secured by means of a liberal and conciliatory policy on the part of the British government.