134 Dr. Miira — Note on a Manuscript of the Bhatti Kavya, [Aug. 



9. From the Editing Committee, — The Norwegian North Atlantic 

 Expedition ; — Zoology, Fishes ; and Chemistry. 



10. From F. C. Black, Esq., — A stone slab bearing an inscription, 

 found among the ruins of the old fort of Deogarh. 



The following Gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, was balloted for and elected an Ordinary Member : 

 H. C. Barstow, Esq., C. S. 

 The following Gentleman is a candidate for ballot at the next meeting : 

 H. M. Percival, Esq , Professor, Presidency College, proposed by C. H. 

 Tawney, Esq., seconded by A. W. Croft, Esq. 



The Secretary reported that Dr. G. E. Dobson and Babus Dijendra- 

 nath Tagore and Jogesh Chunder Dutt had intimated their desire to 

 withdraw from the Society. 



The Secretary reported that the following coins had been acquired 

 under the Treasure Trove Act : 



From the Deputy Commissioner of Bahraich, — 16 copper coins of 

 Sikander Lodi. 



Dr. R. Mitra exhibited a MS. of the Bhatti Kavya in Bengali 

 characters, 478 years old, and read the following note regarding it. 



Note on a Manuscript of the Bhatti Kdvya. — By Dr. R. Mitra. 



I have lately received from my travelling Pandit a MS. of the Bhatti 

 Kavya, bearing date S'aka 1326. It is written on yellow paper of Indian 

 manufacture, and comprises 130 folia, each folium measuring 13^ x 2i 

 inches. The writing is in well-formed Bengali letters, differing in no 

 respect from the Bengali writing by Pandits of the last century. The 

 leaves are all stained with water marks, and the colour of the yellow 

 orpiment with which they are dyed is very much faded, bearing unmis- 

 takable testimony to the age of the MS. The number of lines on each 

 page is 6, except on a few pages where only 5 lines are written. The 

 colour of the ink is well preserved, except in the marginal notes written 

 at different times by different persons. The name of the scribe is Puru- 

 shottama Deva S'arma. A facsimile of the last page is given in plate II. 



The work is a standard text-book on grammar in Indian schools, and 

 has already been printed several times, but the codex under notice is the 

 oldest that has yet been discovered, and is worthy of notice from the fact 

 of its being remarkably correct and containing some new readings. 



There are two other circumstances in connexion with the codex which 

 are worthy of note. The first is the name of the work, and the second, the 



