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foliacex, which is entirely the work of Mr. Gamble. The larger part' 

 of it is, however, occupied by an account of those genera of the large 

 Order Rubiacese which have more than one ovule in each cell of the ovary. 

 The text of the paper devoted to this order is preceded by a key to 

 these genera, of which there are thirty — none of them being new. The 

 species of Rubiacese described number 164, and of these 50 are new. In 

 a second paper on Rubiacese an account will be given of the genera 

 which are characterised by having only a single ovule in each cell of the 

 ovary, and that paper will be accompanied by a key to these uni-ovular 

 genera. 



3. Note on the Faqirs of Baliya-Dighi in Dinajpur. — By Maulavi 

 Abdul Wall 



(Abstract. ) 



This order of Faqirs belongs to the followers of Shah Madar. 

 They reside at Mauza Baliya-Dighi, within the Hemtabad police station 

 in the district of Dinajpur. Their beliefs and practices are in many 

 ways Anti-Islamic. They grow long hair on their head, put on coloured 

 cloths, and use shackles of iron and long iron tongs. They never take 

 food touched by other persons, and subsist mainly on unboiled rice, 

 clarified butter and salt. They do not eat fish or meat. It would seem 

 that they are a survival of a corrupt form of Sufism mixed with Hindu 

 ideas. They possess a Sanad granted by Shah Shuja to Shah Sultan 

 Hasan Muria Burahna, of which a copy is published in this paper, and 

 which gives curious details of the former powers and privileges of 

 these Faqirs. 



4. On some Archaeological remains in the District of Rajshahi.—By 

 Maulavi Abdul Wall 



(Abstract.) 



This is a note on two ancient mosques, one at Bagha and the other 

 at Kusumba, in the District of Rajshahi. It contains a copy of an 

 official report on them, written by Mr. J. S. Carstairs in 1872, and some 

 more details of the traditions attached to each mosque. From inscrip- 

 tions, which still exist at both places, it appears that the Bagha Mosque 

 was built in 930 A.H. = 1523-4 A.D. by Nusrat Shah, the son of Husain 

 Shah, while the Kusumba Mosque was built during the reign of 

 Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, the son of Muhammad Ghazi, of the Suri 

 family, in the Hijri year 966, which corresponds to 1558-9 A.D. 

 Although there is a large endowment connected with the Bagha 

 Mosque, it has been allowed to fall into a bad state of repair. 



