PROCEEDINGS ^«,, 



OP THE ^Y 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



IDITED BY 



JhE jiONORARY ^ECRETARJES, 



No. VI, JUNE, 1898. 



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 ■ man or produced by nature." 



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 if such communications shall be long intermitted ; and it will die away, if 

 I they shall entirely cease."— Sir William Jones. 



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Issued 2nd July, 1898. 



