exxxvi Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Dec., 
** History of the later Moguls’’ of which the last instalment 
was published in 1908, but the author unfortunately did not 
lived to complete the series. In 1892 his attention was drawn 
to the ‘‘Storia do Mogor’’ by Niccolao Manucci, and several 
years after his famous edition of this work was published in the 
Indian Text Series. This work will always form a lasting 
monument to his scholarly patience and a mine of wealth for 
the student of later Mogul times. 
rt. William Irvine was elected an Honorary Fellow of 
the Society in 1908. 
The following gentleman was balloted for as an Ordinary 
Member :— 
Z. R. Zahid Suhrawardy, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, M.A., 
LL.B., Calcutta, proposed by the Hon. Dr. Abdulla al-Mamun 
Suhrawardy, seconded by Lieut,-Colonel D. C. Phillott. 
The following papers were read :— 
z 1. A brief Bibliography of Hindu Mathematics.—By G. RB. 
AYE. 
This paper has been published in the Journal for Novem- 
ber 1912. 
2. Father A. Monserrate’s Mongolicae Legationis Com- 
mentarius.—By Rev. H. Hosren, S.J. 
_ In 1908, Rev. W. K. Firminger discovered in St. Paul’s 
Cathedral Library, Calcutta, a MS. by Father Anthony 
Monserrate, s.3., entitled M ongolicae Legationis Commentarius. 
He announced his discovery to the Calcutta dailies, and 
Mr. W. Corfield wrote a short note in Bengal: Past and Present, 
1906, No. 2, p. 184. a 
When, in 1909, the MS. was lent me through Rev. Fr. 
A. Van de Mergel, s.., I could recognize in it without difficulty 
India by a European since the days of Vasco de Gama. Not 
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against Kabul (February 1581 to beginning of 1582). Monser- 
rate accompanied Akbar on that expedition as tutor to bis” 
second son, Prince Murad, and, but for Akbar’s wish that 
he should remain in safety at Jalalabad, he might have entered 
