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Bohtlingk's other works are legion, and it would be impossible here 

 even to name them all. But mention must be made of his second edition 

 and translation of Panini, by which he made the rules of that great 

 grammarian easily accessible to those scholars who have no time to 

 enter into the intricacies of native commentaries ; his translations and 

 editions of the principal Upanishads, the aim of which was to restore 

 the often corrupt and incorrect text and to find its simple and original 

 meaning, independent of the often fictitious explanations of Sankara 

 and other commentaries ; and, last but not least, his charming com- 

 pilation, called " Indische Spriiche, " a collection of those short epi- 

 grammatic verses, illustrative of Indian thought and life, which are 

 spread over a large number of Sanskrit books, and which are perhaps 

 the only kind of Indian poetry that really appeals to the European 

 mind. During his last years Bohtlingk mostly wrote on Vedic pas- 

 sages, and although he never claiqaed to be a specialist in that line, his 

 emendations and explanations of doubtful verses in the Veda were often 

 striking and convincing. His active pen never rested, and even on his 

 death-bed, suffering from a painful illness, he published a small Vedic 

 article. When death came, it closed a life that may truly be called 

 great in its devotion to science, and the memory of it will remain 

 as long as Sanskrit Studies are cultivated. 



The President announced : — 



1. That Lt.-Col. J. H. Tull Walsh, I.M.S., had been elected a 

 Member of the Council in the place of Major A. Alcock, F.R.S., resigned, 

 and that Lt.-Ool. Walsh had also been appointed to officiate as the Gene- 

 ral Secretary of the Society during the absence of Mr. J. Macfarlane. 



2. That Dr. T. Bloch having returned from tour had taken charge 

 of the duties of the Philological Secretary from Dr. E. D. Ross. 



3. That the Hon'ble Dr. Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya had been ap- 

 pointed to officiate as the Treasurer of the Society during the absence 

 of Dr. C. R. Wilson. 



The Philological Secretary exhibited photographs of an old shirt 

 belonging to the King of Delhi, forwarded by Major H. C, Tytler, LA,, 

 of Agra, and read the following account given by Major Tytler : — 



The shirt, which belongs to Mrs. Tytler, my mother, is in very good 

 order and is printed on both sides, I am told, with the chapters of the 

 Koran in old Arabic letters ; it was obtained by my father, Ooh Tytler, 

 after the siege of Delhi, and has remained in the possession of my 

 mother since the death of my father. 



My mother's story as to how it came into his possession is as 



