NEW SERIES. 



VOL. LXIX. 



CCCLXXXIX, 



JOURNAL 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Vol. LXIX. Part II, No. 4.— 1900. 



EDITED BY 



J-IONBL DE JTlCSVILLE, psq., F.E.S , C.M.Z.S., &C. 



Hon. Natural History Secretary. 



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

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



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