NEW SERIES. 



VOL. L. 



JOURNAL 



i(i 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Vol. L. Part II, No. III.— 1881. 



EDITED BY 



Jhe JJatural ^istory JSecretary. 



*2^l 



" The bounds of its investigation will be the geographical limits of Asia : and 

 within these limits its inquiries will be extended to whatever is performed by 

 man or produced by nature."— Sir William Jones. 



* # * Communications should be sent under cover to the Secretaries, Asiat. Soc, 

 to whom all orders for the work are to be addressed in India ; or in Lon- 

 don, care of Messrs. Trubner and Co., 57 8f 59, Ludgate Hill. 



CALCUTTA : 



Printed by f. Jf. Jhomas, at the ^aptist ^ission ^ress, 



and published by the 



^siatic ^Society, 57, J*ark ^treet, 



1881. 



fi 



Price (exclusive of postage) to Subscribers, Us. 1-8. To Non-Subscribers Rs. 2. 



Price in England, 4 Shillings. 



Issued October 22nd, 1881. 



