
_ 1908.) Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. xcix 
Although growing in impor e asa seaside al ag 
is &® monotonous and 
Last, but not the 
least important con- 
i Sho 
melancholy place for those poet-ares ked 
sideratio and 
jaded business men and others who 
pene to it for a change. The establish- 
ment of a properly managed aquarium there, would, no doubt, be 
much appreciated by them as a place of rational amusement. 
Nor would it be less appreciated by the numerous pilgrims who 
visit Puri every year in quest of salvation. 
Without entering into a detailed description of its plan of 
construction, it may be briefly indicated 
that ie oposed aquarium should consist 
ped s of tanks of varying ca 
came on two sides of a central 
passage. Attempts Poe ‘i made to construct the bottom of 
Plan of construc- 
tion briefly indi- 
cated. 
the dried-up sen Sie 1 (Bay of Hong) tae examples of 
piscine life peculiar to the Orissa coast would be exhibited 
there. 
Strange jelly-fishes, Zoophytes and crustaceans of variou 
kinds living in partnership with sea anemones, and “ Mastrating 
that happy bond of mensalism . . which is one of t 
most valuable slject-leiiebe for ans Re aise that marine 
zoology affords” might form the living contents of the other and 
smaller tanks. Among its other curiosities the musical fishes 
and those that “nourish their unborn young on a — 
analogous to milk” may be mentioned. 
Careful attention needs to be bestowed upon the proper aérat- 
ing of water in the tanks by mechanical contrivances, and b 
growing judiciously selected aquatic plants. 
funds permit, a small but properly snipped Rj heed 
ought to be built as an adjunct to the aquarium for the purpose 
of carrying on researches in the field of marine obi: 
The cost of building such an institution might be approxi- 
mately Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 50,000 
With reference to Rai Bahadur Ram Brahma Sanyal’s epee 
Annandale proposed that the question of instituting an 
uarium in Bengal should be submitted for discussion to a 
te ae of the Council. 
8. Some Songs of Chitral.—By E. B. Howe. 
9. A descriptive list of Works on a  Madigomsle Philoso- 
phy.—By Dr. Satis Caanpra VipyaBHusa 
I The Mechamont, Physical and a mical Theories of the 
Ancient Hindus, Part .L—By Principat Baines Nata Seat. 
Communicated by the Pasa. 
11. Geometrical Theory of a Plane Non-cyclic Arc, Finite as well 
