68 Ml'. F. Fiun — ExJulition of a living soft-shelled tortoise. [June, 



Proposals sanctioned— 



English 'J'ranshition of Prabaiidlia-cintamani, by C. H. Tawncy, 

 Esq., CLE. 

 Upamitibliavakatliriprapancri, by Prof. Peter Peterson. 

 I9varakaula's Ka9mira9abdanirta, by Gr. A. Griersou, C.I.E., 



Ph.D. 

 Translation of ^'lokavartika in English, by Graqganathjha. 

 ^'atadusani. 



Prakrita Piggala, by Candramohan Ghose. 

 The songs of Vidyapati, by Haraprasad fastri. 

 Caturvarga-cintamani should not be continued, unless suitable 

 MSS. are available. 



The editions of Tulsi Satsai Anubhasya, and Muntakhab-ut- 

 Tawarikh, Vol. I, have been completed. 



The following list of works sanctioned and approved by the 

 Council, but not taken in hand, has been drawn up in order of 

 urgency : — 



1. Hiranyake^i-sutra (Qrauta). 9. Yajnavalkya-gita (English 



2. Baudhayana-sutra (frauta). Translation). 



3. Vipaka-sutra (Jaina). 10. English Translation of 



4. Tawarikh-i-Yamiui. Caraka. 



5. Tawarikh-i-Wassaf. 11. Translation of Sariikhyapra- 



6. Taju-1-Ma'asir. vacana-bhasya. 



7. Naqa'idu-1-farazdaq wa Jarir. 12. Kalpalata. 



8. Karana-grantha. 13. English Translation of Lalita- 



vistai'a. 



Mr. F. Finn exhibited a living soft-shelled tortoise (Euryda sp. ?), 

 and read the following remarks by W. K. Dods, Esq. 



I got the turtle, exhibited, on the evening of the 1st April when out 

 after Eld's deer, on one of the grassy plains near the mouth of the 

 Sittang River. Though dry and burnt up at the time of my visit, this 

 ground is a swamp during at least seven months of the year, after 

 which, when the water, even in the buffalo- wallows, begins to disappear, 

 the turtles and water-snakes bury themselves in the mud, and lie off, 

 till the first Monsoon rains soften the soil and release them for 

 another season. This particular individual was under about two inches 

 of soil, so dry and heated by the sun as to be most disagreeable to walk 

 on even with the protection to one's feet afforded by a heavy pair of 

 shooting boots. Originally the ground had been covered by a thick 

 growth of grass, but that had all been burnt off about a month before 

 by a jungle fire, exposing the cracked soil to the full rays of the sun, 

 and the small round breathing hole to the sharp eyes of my Burman 



