February, 1914.] Annual Report. xv 



said missionaries, were received from Jayaranajit Malladeva and 

 Jayaprakaga Malladeva of Nepal in 1737 and 1740 a.d. respec- 

 tively. All such documents, unless they are "impudent for- 

 geries" are bound to prove of great value to antiquarian 



scholars. 



In an article entitled "the Pitt-diamond and the eyes of 

 Jagannath," Father H. Hosten recounts the story which 

 charges a Dutchman with the theft of the Pitt-diamond from 



the statue of Jagannatha at Pari. 



"The Rev. L. Bernard among the Abors and the cross as 

 a tattoo-mark " is the title of a paper in which Father Hosten 

 discusses the origin of the Abor tattoo-marks which were consi- 

 dered by Father Krick as possible relics of ancient Christian 

 missions, but in which Father Bernard refuses to see any Chris- 

 tian origin or signification. 



Maulavi Hedayat Husain gives us some account of the life 

 and works of Muhibb Allah of Bihar, the author of Musallain 

 ai-Subut. The same Maulavi has also edited and translated 

 the unique MS., the Mirza Namah (the book of the Perfect 

 Gentleman), the supposed work of Mirza Kamran, the learned 

 son of Babar Shah. The writer of the paper discusses at some 

 length the doubtful question of its authorship and fixes a.h. 

 11th century as its date. The etymology and history of the 

 word « ' Mirza ' ' is also dealt with. 



Mr. W. Kirkpatrick contributes a paper in which he 

 attempts to prove that the European Gypsies originally mi- 

 grated from India by showing the similarity of Romnichal or the 

 language of European Gypsies and colloquial Hindustani. The 

 writer points out that the fact of the migration of Gypsy-like 

 people from India into Persia (where they are called Luris) has 

 been confirmed by Fardausi and the Arabian historian Hamrya. 



Mr. R. B. Whitehead, in his paper on the Mint Towns of 

 the Mughal Emperors of India, has followed the same lines as 

 Mr. Burns in the preparation of a new edition of his tables, 

 but with certain differences which he enumerates in detail. 



Natural History, etc. 



Twentv-nine scientific papers were issued in the Journal 

 and two in the Proceedings in the year under review— sixteen 

 zoological, ten chemical, two botanical, two geological, and 

 one geographical. 



Zoology. 



The Crustacea Decapoda of the Lake of Tiberias. ByN. 



Annandale, D.Sc, F.A.S.B., and Stanley Kemp, B.A., 



F.A.S.B. 



Entomostraca from the Lake of Tiberias. By Kobert 



Gurney. 



