1836.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 517 



The American Almanack for 1836 — by ditto. 



Harlan's Medical and Physical Researches — by the Author. 



Transactions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania, vol, i. — by the Society. 



Transactions of the Hungarian Society of Pest — by the Society. 



Transactions of the London Society of Arts, vol. i. pt. 2 — by the Society. 



Marsden's Numismata Orientalia, 2 pts. in 1 vol, 4to — by the Author. 



Notes on the Indica of Ctesias — by Professor Wilson, the Author. 



Epitome of the History of Ceylon and Translation of the Mahawanso — by the 

 Hon'ble G. Tumour, the author. 



Second Report on the State of Education in Bengal — by Mr. W. Adam. 



Bell's Comparative View of the External Commerce of Bengal, during the 

 years 1834, 35, and 3b' — by the Author. 



The India Journal of Medical Science and Scientific Review — by Dr. F. 

 Cor by n, Editor. 



The Meteorological Register for July 1836 — by the Surveyor General. 

 The following book from the Booksellers. 



Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia — Stebbiny's Reformation, vol. i. 



Museum of Antiquities, &;c. 



Read, a letter from J. Bell, Esq, presenting 1 various articles of food 

 and clothing, in use among the savage tribes inhabiting the coasts of Dam- 

 pier's Straits, brought to Calcutta by the Ship Bombay Castle. 



The Secretary presented in the name of Lieut. Colin Mackenzie, 

 various weapons taken from the Malay pirates ; — among others a long 

 bambu tube, through which light poisoned darts are blown by the mouth. 

 The slightest wound inflicted by them is esteemed fatal. Lieut. Mac- 

 kenzie also presented the head of a pirate chief killed in the late expe- 

 dition. 



The Secretary called to the attention of the members present, a very 

 curious piece of sculpture, sent down for the express inspection of his 

 associates by Colonel Stacy, a Member of the Society. 



This sculpture (of 2-3rds size) — cut in the spotted red sandstone of Agra and 

 Mathura. It seems to represent Silenus or Bacchus, his brows crowned with 

 vine leaves, and supported by bacchanal attendants. The dresses of the figures, 

 of which there are several on both sides very well proportioned and grouped, is 

 decidedly not Hindu but rather Grecian, having a tunic of plaited folds gathered 

 round the waist by a band. The figures and foliage support a large circular 

 bason, which may have been for holding sacred water, or connected with a 

 fountain. We must endeavour to make a drawing of this very interesting groupe, 

 and publish it, with the zealous proprietor's account of its discovery. 



Literary Communications. 



A memoir by the Hon'ble G. Turnour on the authenticity of the early 

 Buddhistical Chronology, developed in the Pali annals, as compared with 

 the Raja Tarangini and other authorities, was submitted. 

 [This will be printed in an early number.] 



A note on the Muar State, being the conclusion of his series of essays 

 on the native divisions of the Malay Peninsula, and an outline of their 



