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remain. There is a carved stone fallen from the outside wall, which might 

 be cut and sent, but it is less interesting than the former. 



11. The remains of the palace wall (Bais-gazi) are remarkable for 

 strength and height, but have no artistic interest. The carting away of 

 bricks from these has been put a stop to of late years. 



12. The minaret of Pirasa is a high tower, with remains of a room at 

 the top. There are good stone carvings at the entrance to the stair, some 

 feet above the ground, but they should not be taken. 



13. The well preserved brick carvings on the 'Umar Qcizi mosque are 

 good, and should be kept intact. 



14. The Latthi mosque, which was entirely built of coloured bricks, 

 has no inscription or record of date. The work, even in its present state, 

 has a pleasing effect as a whole, but fragment's of it would have compara- 

 tively little interest. I brought away some fallen bricks, but these became 

 spoiled from lying on the ground, and give no fair impression of the struc- 

 ture. 



15. The remains of Chand Saudagar's buildings are a large number 

 of grey and black polished stone-pillars, none worth removing, and only 

 interesting as they stand. 



16. There are variously coloured bricks in an old- secular building, 

 called Chumlcatyi, and as these are likely to fall (from a tree having spread 

 its roots among them), some might pardonably be removed as specimens. 



17. The Kotwali Darwazah is a handsome city gate of brick, in excel- 

 lent preservation. If an inscribed stone on the roadside, less than a mile off, 

 belong to it, the building was constructed by Sultan Mahmud Shah in 

 860 Hijri. Nothing that would be a specimen of the work could be taken 

 from it. 



18. I saw two old mouldings built into houses in a village, Mahdipur, 

 near Gaur, one very beautiful and excellent as a specimen, though some- 

 what injured by a fire. I would obtain possession of both. 



The President said that the Council in a letter to the Government of 

 Bengal had approved of Mr. King's suggestions. It was desirable that the 

 ancient buildings in Gaur should be preserved intact as far as was practi- 

 cable. In the selection of carved bricks, &c, three sets should be formed, 

 one for the Asiatic Society of Bengal, one for the British Museum, and the 

 third for the Berlin Museum, the authorities of which through Dr. Jagor 

 had applied for specimens. But all inscriptions should be sent to the Asia- 

 tic Society of Calcutta, where there were already several slabs from Gaur. 

 Thanks were due to Mr. King for his interesting note. 



