PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foi^ August, 1872. 



The moiitlily general meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday 

 the 7th instant, at 9 P. M. 



T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were laid on the table — . 



1. From, the Editor, — A copy of " Ocean Highways. The Geographi- 

 cal Eecord," for July, 1872. 



2. From the Author, — A copy of ' Panjab Manufactures,' by B. H. 

 Baden Powell, Esq. 



3. From the Author, — A copy of the Report of the Survey Operations 

 in connection with the Bight Column of the Lushai Expedition, by Major J. 

 Macdonald, Officiating Deputy Surveyor General. 



4. From S. E. Peal, Esq., Sapakati, Assam, — A model illustrating the 

 Naga method of climbing large trees, and a celt. 



The following communication accompanied the donation. — 



' I send a small box with a rough model shewing the way Nagas climb trees, 

 by a bamboo pegged to the stem ; I see the subject alluded to in your Pro- 

 ceedings and Journal Pt. I, for 1872, Plate V, and that the Naga method 

 seems superior to that described by Mr. Wallace, where tying seems needful. 



' With Nagas the tying is wholly unnecessary, pegs being driven into 

 the right and left alternately, so that they hold the bamboo rigid. It can 

 neither be pulled away, nor yet be forced against the stem. In other re- 

 spects, it seems the identical custom. 



' I send with the model a peg full size with portion of the node left on 

 ais is often done as extra security. 



' When newly fixed up, the bamboo is (or ought be) (juite rigid and not 

 the smallest vibration possible. In going up, it feels like an iron rod. I have 



