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dently of the wind, whose stronger force only causes its temporary 
extinction. 
“ Your’s sincerely, 
© (sic) W. THEOBALD, Junior. 
Bassein, 1st April, 1863.” 
“N. B.—I have forgotten perhaps the most important observation 
I made with respect to this light—viz., that it is decidedly fluctuat- 
ing like that of a revolving light of a lighthouse. After a certain 
period of ordinary brightness the light increases in size and bright- 
ness and rapidly attains its maximum effect, after which it slowly 
fades, sometimes to a mere speck barely visible, or even disappears 
for a minute or two.” 
5. From Lieutenant-Colonel Phayre, a paper on the history of 
the Burman race. 
6. From the same, a memorandum on some ancient tiles obtained 
at Pagan, in Burmah. 
7. From Major General Cunningham, a paper entitled “ Remarks 
on the Bactro-Pali inscription from Taxila. 
Mr. Bayley prefaced the reading of Major General Cunningham’s 
paper by the remark that he had transmitted some time before to 
Mr. EK. Thomas, in England, a tentative translation of the greater 
portion of the inscription, the general purport of which agreed with 
that now given by Major General Cunningham, save on one or two 
important points—viz., the supposed name of the king and of the 
month, also as to the name of the Satrap’s son, but that he would 
reserve fuller remarks until the receipt of Professor Dowson’s paper. 
Major General Cunningham’s communication having been read, 
Baboo Rajendralal Mitra said that since the publication of the last 
number of the Journal he had devoted some attention to the laxila 
inscription and prepared a translation of it, which though generally 
similar, was, as regards the interpretation of several words, different 
from the version submitted to the meeting by Major General Cun- 
ningham. He pointed out those differences in detail and advanced 
some reasons which led him to think the General’s determination of 
the name of a Greek month upon the relic, open to question. The 
original paper and the Baboo’s comment on it will appear in an early 
issue of the Journal. 
Mr. Bayley agreed with Baboo Rajendralal Mitra that the name 
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