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between ancient Hindu Logic of the pre-Christian era and the 

 modern schools of Logic. Kai Sarat Chandra Das, Bahadur, 

 C-I.E., in his paper on " The Origin of mankind according to 

 the Lamaic mythology," traces the origin of men from the fallen 

 angels who used to live on contemplation, but, having acquired an 

 appetite for animal food, were gradually divided into distinct 

 classes. The Rev. A. H, Francke in his Memoir on '^ The Dards 

 at Khalatse on Western Tibet," shows that Khalatse had been a 

 Dard colony before it was conquered and made into a Tibetan 

 village by the West Tibetan King of Ladak about 1150 a.t>. The 

 curious beliefs and customs of the Tibetans of the present day are 

 illustratedin the paper on tlie '^Tibetan Almanac " by Mahamaho- 

 padhyaya Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana, M.A. The curiosity 

 aroused in Tibetan matters by the British Mission to Tibet of 

 1903-04 has brought forth several intei*esting papers such as the 

 Memoir on '* A cup-mark inscription" and the paper on '' An old 

 form of elective Government in the Chumbi Valley " by Mr. E. H. C. 

 Walsh, I.C.S., and also the paper on " Gyantse Rock Inscription 

 by Mahamahopadhyaya Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana. Mr. Walsh, 

 who visited the Chumbi Valley, in connection with the Tibet Mis- 

 sion, discovers cup-mark inscriptions in a part of the world in whicl 

 they have not hitherto been known to exist. In his second paper, 

 Mr. Walsh attempts to prove that, in ancient times, the Chumbi 

 Valley formed practically an independent republic, whose leader 

 derived his authority from the presiding deity of the place, and 

 that the people of the valley, called the Tromowas, do not belong 

 to the same stock as the Tibetans. Mahamahopadhyaya Satis 

 Chandra Vidyabhusana's paper on the " Gyantse Rock Inscrip- 

 tion " is compiled from an inscription on a piece of rock brought 

 from the Gyantse Jong by the late Tibet Mission. It describes 

 Gyantse as a splendid dominion and gives some account of its 

 King Choigyal-rab-ten, who founded the fort and monastery there 

 in the 14th century \A). 



At the suggestion of Dr. Ross, the Council has sanctioned 

 ten guineas to the fund that is being raised in honour of Professor 

 M J. De Goeje for his brilliant services in the cause of Arabic 

 learning. 



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Natural History, etc. 



The Society has exhibited renewed vigour as regards zoology 

 during the year. This has been owing to two causes, firstly, that seve- 

 ral distinguished authorities in Europe have allowed their papers to 

 be printed in the Society's Jonmal, and, secondly, that the intimate 

 relations which have always existed between the Society and the 

 Indian Museum have been fully maintained. Out of twenty-nine 

 zoological papers published in the Journal twenty-three (as well 

 as the three zoological Memoirs issued) have either been the result 

 of work done in the Museum or else have dealt with specimens in 

 the Museum ; three zoological papers have been contributed by our 

 General Secretary, one by the scientific officers of a commercial 

 institution, and only one by a native of India. This means to say 



