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Report of the Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, at 



its first General Meeting, on the 15th of March 1823 vii 



The Charter of the Society xi 



A Discourse delivered by Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq., at the fii-st General Meeting 



of the Society, March 15, 1823 xvii 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 



I. Memoir concerning the Chinese. By John Francis Davis, Esq., M.R.A.S 1 



II. On the Philosophy of the Hindus. Part I. By Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq., 



Director R.A.S 19 



III. Singular Proclamation, issued by the Foo-yuen, or Sub-Viceroy, of Canton. 



Translated from the Chinese by the Rev. Robert Morrison, D.D., M.R.A.S. 

 Communicated by Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., V.P.R.A.S 44 



IV. On the Purik Sheep of Ladakh, and some other .\nimals, principally of the 



Sheep and Goat kind ; with general Observations on the Country of Ladakh, 

 &c. By William Mooi-croft, Esq. Communicated by John Fleming, Esq., 

 M.R.A.S 49 



V. Memoir on Sirmor. By the late Capt. George Rodney Blane, Engineers, Bengal. 



Communicated by Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart., M.R.A.S 56 



VI. Essay on the Bhills. By Major Gen. Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B. and V.P.R.A.S. 65 



VII. On the Philosophy of the Hindus. Part II. By Henry Thomas Colebrooke, 



Esq., Director R.A.S 92 



VTII. Account of the Banyan Tree, or Tims Indica, as found in the ancient Greek 



and Roman Authors. By George Henry Noehden, LL.D. Secretary R.A.S. 119 



IX. Translation of a Sanscrit Inscription, relative to the last Hindu Monarch of Dehli, 



with Comments thereon. By Capt. James Tod, M.R.A.S 133 



