1836.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 303 



The Indian Journal of Medical Science, No. 61, June 1836 — by Dr. 

 Corbyn the Editor. 



The following books were received from the booksellers : 



Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Swainson's quadrupeds. 



' , Greece, Vol. 2nd. 



, Rome, Vol. 2nd. 



Illustrations of the Botany and other branches of the Natural History 

 of the Himalaya mountains, by J. F. Royle, Esq. F. L. S. and G. S. and 

 M. A. S., parts 7th and 8th. 



Museum. 



Four gold and silver fish, from Nipal, were presented by Hari' Da's, 

 Mahant of Patna. 



A drawing, supposed to be of the Allahabad lath ; as it stood when 

 perfect, was received with a note from Dr. Mouat, H. M. 13th Dragoons 

 at Bangalore. 



This drawing accords more exactly with the lath in Tirhut, for which it was 

 doubtless intended, (See Vol. IV. page 122.) 



Literary. 



A paper on the valley of Cashmir, by the Baron Hugel, was read. 



The author's detention at Bombay has enabled him to communicate at greater 

 length the observations made during his recent visit to the valley. The Society 

 is much beholden to this illustrious traveller for thus disinterestedly placing at 

 its disposal the results of his personal labours, notwithstanding he has doubtless 

 the intention of publishing himself on his return to his own country. 



The latitude of Kashmir town {Srinagar) is 34° 22' 58" and (if Vizirabad is 

 correctly laid down in Elphinstone's map), its longitadeis 75° 12' 30" by cross- 

 bearings taken by the Baron from the latter place to the Pirpanjabl pass, the 

 bearing of which was also taken at Kashmir town. 



In most maps the situation of this place is 34° 40' lat. and 75° 58' long : — 

 in Hamilton 33° 23' lat. 74° 47' long. : and in H. T. Prinsep's Ranjeet 

 Singh, derived from Capt. Murray's information, 34° 9' and 75° 32' re- 

 spectively*. 



A paper by Mr. Avdall, entitled " A Memoir of a Hindu colony in 

 ancient Armenia/' was submitted. 



[This will be printed in our next.] 



An attempt to fix the epochs of the four principal Buddhas, by Captain 

 Forbes, of Ceylon, was presented. 



Mr. Csoma's translation of the Bhotian Banner Inscription, presented 

 at the meeting of March, was read. 



[Printed in the present number.] 



Facsimile of inscription on the Bhittree lath near Ghazipur, was pre- 

 sented by Lieut. A. Cunningham, together with a drawing of the pillar. 



A memoir on the geography of Peucelaotis, and elucidations of Alex- 

 ander's march, together with drawings of all the coins and relics disco- 

 vered by himself, and a map of the country from his own surveys, intended 

 for presentation to M. Jacquet of the Paris Asiatic Society, was obliging- 

 ly entrusted by the author M. Court, of Maharaja Ranjit Sinh's service, 

 to the Secretary, for free communication to the Society of such information 

 as they may think worthy of extraction. 



Physical. 



Extract of a letter from the Baron Hugel to the Society, was read, 

 announcing the important discovery of a bed of fossil bones in Perim 

 island, in the gulph of Cambay. 



[Printed in the present number.] 



