1841.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, tyc. 173 



Read a Letter from D. F. McLeod, Esq. of Jubbulpore, of 31st March 

 1841, also requesting to be supplied with Lt. TickelPs papers on the ' Ho ' 

 language. ' Not,' writes Mr. Macleod, ' from mere curiosity, but because 

 being closely connected with Hill Tribes and greatly interested in them, 

 I would anxiously seize upon any means of instituting a comparison 

 between the language of our Gonds and the Hill people of other parts, 

 and facilitating to myself or others, an insight into the rudiments of their 

 still unknown tongue. And being not without hope of hereafter seeing 

 one day a mission established amongst these people, I should wish much 

 to have by me for distribution one or more copies of a brochure so 

 admirably calculated to elicit a further enquiry.' 



1 With reference to his (Lt. Tickell's) most admirable paper on Ho-des, 

 I would mention as it may be of use, that Kols still abound in Rewah, in 

 our Loh'agpur mahals, and are even found at Jubbulpore and Seoni. 

 Hence I should be disposed to presume that the term ' K61' was intro- 

 duced by the invaders from Ruhitas, which, as far as I can call to mind, 

 not having his paper with me, was not Tickell's impression on the subject.' 



With reference to the two foregoing Letters, it was moved by Dr. 

 Hoeberlin, that they contained matters worthy of interesting enquiry and 

 that some one of the Members composing the Committee of Papers 

 should be requested to prosecute the enquiry to elicit information on the 

 points alluded to by Capt. Jenkins and Mr. Macleod. 



Resolved that Dr. Hoeberlin's services be requested in aid of undertak- 

 ing the task of prosecuting such enquiry in conjunction with Baboo 

 Prosonocoomar Tagore. 



Read a Letter from Major Burlton of the 14th April, 1841, with a col- 

 lection of Bactrian Coins as a loan for the Society's museum. Major 

 Burlton further offered the duplicates of this collection to the Society, 

 for which courtesy as well as for his kindness in allowing the collection 

 to be laid before the meeting, the Secretary was directed to address that 

 officer with the expression of the thanks of the Society. The coins con- 

 sisted of some silver Menanders (drach.) in excellent preservation, one 

 of the rude silver coins usually believed to be of Euthydemus struck at 

 a provincial mint, and the rest copper coins chiefly Azes and Kadphises. 

 The barbarous provincial type of silver coin is ascertained to be of the 

 time of Euthydemus, (authority — Lieutenant Cunningham) and is found 

 in, or at any rate comes from, the Bokhara country. 



Read a Letter and enclosure from Dr. H. H. Spry of the 5th May, 1841, 

 of which the following is a copy. 



