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two concentric circles, forming a slightly raised and depressed 

 border around a flat-area, with the border produced from one 

 side of the circles in straight lines, and terminating in a 

 smaller circle, with a round hollow or cup, like those on the 

 Northumbrian stones. To propitiate the deity of the hill, 

 those aborigines place within the larger circle an offering of 

 sweetmeat, and in the cup a lighted stick to drive away 

 jackals from eating the offertory. Mr. Ormsby proposed to 

 make further inquiry into this usage, and to favour the Club 

 with the result, but he died soon after his return to India. 



Sir Walter Elliot thought the communication of interest, 

 and said he would endeavour to induce some of his friends in 

 India to prosecute the inquiry. The Rev. J. S. Green after- 

 wards spoke in favour of an explanation proposed some time 

 ago by the Rev. Francis Thompson, of Durham, that the 

 circular markings were sun-dials, whereby the shepherds 

 could tell the hour of the day. 



The President, in proposing the customary toast, " Success 

 to the Club," begged to be allowed to transgress the 

 rules of the Society by joining with it the health of the 

 secretary, Mr. George Tate : He said " I am assured 

 that I only represent the unanimous feelings and senti- 

 ments of every member of the Club, when I express their 

 cordial thanks and deep gratitude for the zealous and inde- 

 fatigable exertions of their much-esteemed secretary. He 

 was the very decus et tutamen of the Club. By his ex- 

 tensive and intimate knowledge of, and research into, the 

 various branches of science and natural history, he shed 

 a lustre on its transactions, now so well known, and so 

 widely diffused, while he was ever ready and willing, with 

 the kindest courtesy and greatest ability, to illustrate and 

 explain the various objects and places of interest, which 

 they met with in their delightful rambles and field meetings, 

 and thereby afforded so much instruction and pleasure in 

 their social gatherings. In all the arrangements for the 

 working of the Club, in all its minor details and financial 

 affairs, which involve a great amount of trouble, he has 



