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6. Thelast inscription I have received from Bardwin. Itstands 
over the tomb of a Persian poet, Bahram Darvish Saqqé. Our library 
has acopy of his works. Hewasafaqir, and wandered about the 
streets of AXgrah as a bhishti dispensing water among the poor. Hence 
also his nom-de-plume, Saqgqa, a bhishti. He is mentioned in works in 
Persian literature, and it is stated that he died on his way to Ceylon. 
His tomb was discovered at Bardwan by the Persian writer Khush- 
go. From the inscription it appears that Saqqa died at Bardwan 
in A. D. 1574, or A. H. 982. Poeple often pray at his tomb. 
Within his shrine is also the tomb of Sher Afkan, Jagirdar of 
Bardwan in A. D. 1606, whom Jahangir had killed, in order to 
marry his beautiful wife, Mihrunnis4, to whom he gave the title of 
Nur Mahall, and later that of Nir Jahan. 
The tombs of Bahram Saqqé and Sher Afkan are the historical 
sights of Bardwan. 
MeEMoranpum on tHE Toran Ecurest or Daor. 11.12, 1871,— 
by Lizvur.-Cou, J. F. Tennant, R. E., F. RB. S. 
In December of this year we have a Total Eclipse visible 
in Southern India, The duration is short, but in some respects 
the circumstances are very favourable, as the Line of central 
Eclipse passes over the Nilgherry Hills, where I understand fine 
weather may be confidently expected. In order to be prepared, 
I have computed carefully the Central Line across India, and have 
added the extent to which errors of the Tabular place of the moon 
may be expected to shift it. In the following Table Aa represents the 
excess of the Moon’s time above the Tabular Right Ascension in 
time, and Aé the excess of the Tabular above the true S declination. 
I hope to have before the Eclipse a knowledge what errors may 
be anticipated in the Tables and thus be in a position to choose a 
central spot, if it is worth making a change. The figures, however, 
show that this is not probable, the principal result of an error in 
Right Ascension being to shift the Centre of the Shadow along its 
path the deviation from which would be corrected by a small error in 
the declination which could hardly be foreseen, 
