32 T. H. Hendley — Account of the Manodr BMls. [Feb. 



The following letter from Sir H. Bartle Frere, G. C. S. I., K. C. B., 

 accompanying the donation, was read — 



GOYEENMENT HoiJSE, CALCUTTA. 

 ^rd January, 1876. 

 Sib, — I am commanded by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales 

 to inform you that he has directed a copy of the " Mahabashya" to be 

 forwarded to you for presentation to the Society. 



His Eoyal Highness hopes that the Asiatic Society will accept the 

 book, as a souve7iir of his visit, and as a mark of His Royal Highness' high 

 estimation of the great work the Society has done and is doing in promoting 

 the study of all the important subjects to which the labours of the Society 

 and its members have been for so many years directed. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



H. B. Feere, 

 To the Secretary Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



The Peesident drew the attention of the meeting to the six fine vo- 

 lumes on the table, stating that they possessed special value from the fact 

 that they were photolithographed facsimiles of original MSS., and he 

 proposed that the special thanks of the meeting should be tendered to His 

 Royal Highness for his considerate remembrance of the Society. 

 The proposition was carried unanimously. 



From the author, a copy of a work entitled " Protection of Life and 

 Property from Lightning", by W. McGregor. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- 

 ing, were balloted for and elected ordinary members — 



R. B. Shaw, Esq. 



Col. J. F. Tennant (re-election). 



The ioUowing is a candidate for ballot at the next meeting — 

 Jas. Crawfurd, Esq., B. A., Under-Secretary to the Government of 

 Bengal ; j)i'oposed by Dr. D. D. Cunningham, seconded by Capt. J. Water- 

 house. 



The following papers were read — 



1. An Account of tJie Maiwdr Bhils. — By T. H. Hendley, Surgeon, 



Jaipur, Bdjputdnd. 

 (Abstract.) 

 Dr. Hendley gives in this paper an account of those members of the 

 Bhil race who reside in the 'Hilly Tracts' of Maiwar (Udaipiir), where they 

 have perhaps best preserved their individualities. He has been able to col- 



