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hundred years ago there reigned in Barsoor a family of rulers who 
have left several monuments of their power, though the neglect of later 
times has suffered these to fall into almost total decay. These ruins 
are enclosed by a wall forming a square of about a mile. Within this 
are the remains of four or five temples—massive, handsome, and richly 
sculptured. They are built of huge blocks of gneiss, put together 
without mortar. They owe their destruction principally to the insinu- 
ation of the roots of the Ficus Indica. A slab of stone was found 
inscribed with Sanskrit and Teloogoo characters, the latter so anti- 
quated that they have not as yet been deciphered. A large tank in 
good repair was found near at hand, and about 150 tanks have been 
reckoned within a circuit of fifteen miles. A similar enclosure with 
temples was found at Duntewara, on the western bank of the Dunkunee ; 
but at Madhota, one of the ancient capitals of the district, no ruins 
beyond mud walls were to be found. 
The hot springs of India, not including petroleum wells, have been 
enumerated by Robert de Schlagintweit, Esq. They amount to ninety- 
nine in number. The hottest (202° Fahr.) is at Manikarn, in Kulu, 
amongst the Himalayan provinces, and is 5,587 feet above the sea- 
level. The highest is at Momai, in Sikkim, in the same locality, and 
is about 16,000 feet high ; the heat is 110° Fahr. 
The original papers end with a memorandum on some ancient tiles 
found at Pugan, which have Budhist figures and inscriptions on them. 
Amongst the proceedings of the Society it is interesting to observe 
how much mutual assistance is evinced between the promoters of 
Oriental literature im Europe and those in Asia. Dr. Weber writes an 
account of the progress of such work.in Europe, especially in Germany, 
noticing the appearance of the second volume of Pictet’s ‘Origines 
Indo-Huropéennes,’ and regretting the scholastic employments of 
Kuhn did not allow him to devote his whole time and attention to 
comparative mythology. A discussion on the Andaman Islanders 
arose at one of the meetings, after a paper read by the Rey. Wm. 
Corbyn. We are very glad to perceive that the indolent and un- 
scicntific argument that when a civilized and powerful race comes 
in contact with an ignorant and degraded people, the extermination of 
the latter must follow asa natural consequence, was met and combated 
by Mr. Cowell (whose return to England in consequence of ill health 
will be a great loss to this Society, to the college of which he is such 
a distinguished professor, and to Indian literature generally) and also 
by the president. The latter adduced as an instance in point the case 
of the Laps in conjunction with the Russians. That nation has 
neither decreased in numbers nor deteriorated in condition since the 
commencement of the last century ; but then they have neither been sub- 
ject to the example of the most degraded specimens of vicious civiliza- 
tion, harassed by petty injustice, nor enticed into such courses as must 
lead to their destruction. Great praise is due to Mr. Corbyn for what 
he has done and is doing for this almost hopeless race of human 
beings. 
The journal concludes with an elaborate abstract of the meteoro- 
logical observations taken at the Surveyor-General’s office at Calcutta, 
