318 Astronomical Observations at Barelly. (June, 
Fig. 16. Copper coins of this device are met with throughout Upper 
Hindustan :—they constitute the.third series of Colonel Top’s 
plate, and some in his possession have decided Greek charac- 
ters upon them.. On the obverse is the same warrior with 
spear and altar. On the reverse is what he supposes to bea 
priest about to sacrifice the bull; but in the coin before us 
the dhoté is so precisely the costume of the Brahmans, that it 
inclines rather to look upon the animal (especially as he has 
the hump) as the sacred bull of this country, denoting the 
prevalence or predominance of the Brahmanical faith in the 
Indian dependencies of MenanvrrR or Evcraripzs’ dominion. 
Fig. 18. This type of coin is if any thing more common than the last : 
and the inscriptions are no longer Greek; but either of the 
unknown character of the Delhi column or genuine Hindi. 
The figure astride upon the elephant is always much out of 
proportion, and the Raja with the altar more rudely executed. 
| The elephant is, like the horse, preserved in subsequent coins” 
- of the Hindis; thus 
Fig..17_ represents one of these procured by Lieut. Burnzs in his 
tour. The same device is still common in Southern India. The 
form of the Nagri characters on this and fig. 14 agrees with 
those on copper grants of land 7 or 800 years old. 
I do not mention. Lieut. Burnes’ Muhammedan coins, as it is better 
to keep them distinct from the present engraved series, to which I 
may have soon to add a valuable supplement, containing a selection 
from Dr. Swiney’s and General Ventura’s discoveries. My task in- 
creases upon me daily, but I shall be amply rewarded .if my humble 
notice of the discoveries of others shall, by connecting them. with an- 
cient history, eventually turn these most interesting reliques to the 
true end of numismatic study. — 
VI.—Astronomical Observations at Barelly. By H. S. Boulderson, Bg: 
The 4th No. of the Journal of Science for Oct. 1832 contains obser- 
vations. of the transit of Mercury in May last made at Hull, Lat. 53° 
45' 57” N. Long. 1’ 21” W.. As the longitude of the place of 
observation at Hull is probably ‘very correct; this gives the means of 
gaining to some degree of certainty the longitude of the few places in 
India where the transit was observed. There is a considerable uncer- 
tainty in the place of Mercury at the transit. At least the times of 
conjunction in AR. gained from the elements given in the Naut. Alm. 
