122 Library. [Aug. 



After his death the king sent for his ministers, and had a pyre 

 prepared containing a hundred cart-loads of wood. He ordered his 

 wives to attend the funeral clad in red garments, with dishevelled 

 hair, and torches in their hands. After the body was buried, he pre- 

 served the skull, and had it worshipped for seven days by the people of 

 Benares on his return. He then erected a chaitya over it, and honoured 

 it with perfumes and garlands as long as he lived. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Lamaic Bosaries : their Kinds and Uses. — By L. A. Waddell, 

 M. B. 



2. On the date of the Bower Manuscript exhibited at the meetings of 

 November 1890, and April 1891.— By Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. 



The papers will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



3. Notes on the Snakes in the Gollection of the Indian Museum with 

 descriptions of several new species. — By W. L. Sclater, M. A., Deputy 

 Superintendent, Indian Museum. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 meeting held in July last. 



Tl^NSACTIONS, Pl^OCEEDINGS AND JoUF^ALS, 



presented by the respective Societies and Editors. 



Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University, — Circulars, Vol. X, Nos. 89-91. 

 Batavia. Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, — 



Notulen, Deel XXIX Aflevering 1. 

 .. . . Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land-en Volken- 



kunde, Deel XXXIV, Aflevering 5. 

 Bordeaux. La Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux,— Actes, Vol. XLIII. 

 Calcutta. Indian Engineering, — Vol. X, Nos. 1-5. 



. Photographic Society of India, — Journal, Vol. IV, No. 7. 



Copenhagen. K. Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab, — Aarboger, Raekke 11, 



Bind VI, Hefte 1-2. 



