130 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
the Caleutta manuscript collection over which Buchanan had 
no control. 
these unacknowledged or “ pirated ’’ figures 
of Hardwicke’ s, McClelland notes that the colours are exagger: 
ated in some cases, wrongly shown in others, omitted in still 
others, while Buchanan’s erroneous names are retained in some 
cases and names and drawings changed (criss-crossed) in others, 
and finally remarks are added lacking in the original draw- 
ings. 
The next work to contain Buchanan’s material is curiously 
enough an almost unknown book bearing his own name, @ 
work of which both Day oad one make no mention al- 
though it was published in Calcutta. This is “‘ A Geographi- 
cal Statistical, and Historical ikon of the District or 
Zila, of Dinajpur, in the Province, or Soubah of Bengal. By 
“ Francis Buchanan’s Buchanan (Hamilton), Caleutta, 1833. 
This, which is a verbatim copy of Buchanan’s report on 
Dinar was es posthumously with the issues of the 
** Gleanings in Sc 
This publication was arranged for by Capt. J. D. Herbert, 
editor of the eanings,”’ with a view to securing circulation 
free of postage in the territories of the East India Company 
for his journal, the quid pro quo to the Company being found 
in the stipulation that he published from time to time “ valu- 
able public documents having reference to public utility.” This 
was done to the extent of completing the report on Dinajpur 
but without any esa ee The copy suppies was ape 
engly a duplicate one, for i the preface to vol. I ie 
alluded to ‘Tas not mae Sas are in possession of the 
Honourable Court of Directors, along with the original manus: 
cript.”” In the preface to the Dinajpur volume it is stated 
that the types were set up from the duplicate manuscript 
text, and that the peers se oe figures as set by Buchanan 
were retained, so that i e Government should ever 
decide to publish, the ae (pie could be added to eve 
pecan volume or if bound separately the references would 
still a 
At first I presumed that these Dinajpur data were pub- 
lished in the ‘‘ Gleanings,’ but inspection of the three volumes 
of this journal shows their absence, and in the preface to 
volume I of the “ Journal of the Asiatic —— of Bengal” 
it is tales that these were ‘‘ printed in detached form” and as 
such sent to the subscribers of the “ Gleanings”’ and to others. 
In 1833, the separate issues in parts of the Dinajpur report 
were collected and bound in volume form with the title page 
given above. Fish and fishing are found on pages 137-145, 
64 species of fishes being listed. 
