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as dropsy and rheumatism. When taken for rheumatic affections the 

 body is said at first to swell and to subside after the water has been 

 drunk the regulated time. Persons of wealth, and those who are not 

 able to proceed to the spring, send for the water from a distance at the 

 proper season, in order to go through a course of it. There are no 

 habitations near the spring of a permanent description. Those who 

 resort to it, generally amounting to two or three hundred at a time, 

 erect temporary sheds for themselves while they remain. The soil is 

 argillaceous, of a reddish blue tint. Though situated near the source 

 of the Lohand Kkad, there appears to be no connection between the 

 spring and that rivulet, excepting in the rainy season, when the inun- 

 dation is stated to impair the efficacy of the water, and neutralise it& 

 saline taste. The dimensions of the spring are about three feet broad 

 and five deep. It is immediately on the frontier of the Khaldr and Han- 

 dur territories. Lohand Khad forms the boundary between these two 

 States, and flows into the Satlaj near Kiralpdr in the valley of Mak- 

 howal above the town of Ropur. No sacred character seems to be 

 attached to the spring any more than the reverence with which the 

 Hindus are accustomed to regard these phenomena of nature in all 

 situations. It does not appear to be frequented by any pilgrims, who 

 are led to it from religious motives alone. The Khaldr raja attempted 

 some years ago to levy a tax on those who come to drink the water, 

 but was diverted from his purpose by the advice of Captain Murray, 

 to whose authority he was subject, for his possessions on the left 

 bank of the Satlaj. 



[The analysis of this and numerous other specimens of water will 

 be given hereafter. — J. P.] 



XIII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 Wednesday Evening, the 1st March, 1837. 



W". H. Macnaghten, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Messrs. J. M. Mill and W. Cracroft, proposed at the last meeting, 

 were ballotted for, and duly elected Members of the Society. 



H. Torrens, Esq. was proposed by Mr. H. T. Prinsep, seconded by 

 Mr. Macnaghten. 



Col. Hezeta, proposed by Major Taylor, second by the Secretary. 



Mr. W. Storm, proposed by Mr. Bell, seconded by Dr. Wallich. 



The Secretary proposed the Bishop of Cochin-China as an Honorary 

 Member, seconded by Mr. W. H. Macnaghten ; — referred to the Com- 

 mittee of Papers. 



Read a letter from Captain H. Harkness, Secretary to the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, acknowledging the receipt of oriental works published 

 by the Society. 



Read a letter from H. T. Prinsep, Esq. Secretary to the Government 

 of India, General Department, communicating 1 the following extract from 

 a Letter, No. 15, of 1836, from the Honorable the Court of Directors, dated 

 the 14th September, 1836. 



