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be sent, (dawk banghy) was one inside bit, the outside pieces bearing 

 marks of combustion. Before the 14th the weather for several days 

 was excessively close and hot at Dhurmsala and all over the country." 



7. The Secretary also read the following extract of a letter from 

 Mr. Oldham, containing a communication from Dr. Haidinger of Vien- 

 na on the subject of the meteorites lately sent to the Imperial 

 Museum, Vienna, by the Society. 



JSTaini Tal, August 27th, 1860. 



My dear Atkinson, — I have had notes from Dr. Haidinger, Vien- 

 na, regarding the meteorites. I suppose from what he says that you 

 have had a letter of thanks, but in case it should have miscarried, I 

 write to tell you the box arrived safely, on 22nd May, and that they 

 are greatly pleased and gratified with this addition to their valuable 

 series of meteorites. Dr. Haidinger's first note stated that several of 

 the specimens had been placed in the lapidary's hands and were then 

 being polished. And now in his second note, just received, dated 30th 

 June, he gives me the result of some of their analyses. Many pub- 

 lic duties connected with proposed changes in the organization of 

 some of the scientific bodies of Vienna, with the object of economy, 

 had occupied Dr. Haidinger's time and energies more than he wished, 

 and he regrets in consequence the little progress he has made in the 

 description of these interesting specimens. Of one however he has 

 laid an account before the Imperial Academy of Sciences (Vienna) on 

 the 8th of June. In this he gave a brief account of the whole six 

 meteorites sent to Vienna. The specific gravities of these are : — 



Allahabad, 3.526 



Shalka, 3.412 



Segowlee, 3.425 



Assam, 3.792 



Pegu, 3.737 



(The Pegu specimen was sent by me, not by Asiatic Society.) These 

 do not differ materially from each other, and yet the specimens differ 

 very materially so as to give an almost complete series of meteoric 

 productions, perhaps the class of the Cape or Eokkeveld meteorics 

 excepted. 



The Shalka meteorite appeared the most rare and curious. It was 



