1841.] Asiatic Society, 677 



A Note on the Fossil Jaw of an Elephant sent from. Jubbulpore by Dr, Spilsbury, 

 by the Officiating Curator. This was illustrated before the meeting by Crania of Fos- 

 sil and recent Elephants, and by copies of the drawing made by the Officiating Cura- 

 tor to accompany his note. 



Letters of 6th July 1841, from Dr. H. Falconer of Seharunpore, and H. Pidding- 

 TON, Esq. Officiating Curator, on the subject of the late grand Cataclysm on the 

 Indus, described as one of the most remarkable natural phoenomena hitherto recorded 

 as having occurred on the continent of India. The Secretary stated, *'that having 

 communicated with the Private Secretary to the Right Honourable the Governor 

 General, he had the satisfaction of stating, that Lord Auckland had personally ad- 

 dressed Mr. Clerk, (Political Agent on the N. "W. Frontier,) on the subject at 

 length, requesting that inquiries may be made, and suggesting modes of conducting it. 

 N. B. — The Secretary has since learned that before the receipt of Lord Auck- 

 land's letter, Dr. Jamieson had been deputed by Mr. Clerk, for the purpose of in- 

 vestigating the causes of the Cataclysm. 



A letter from Lieut. Postans, of 5th July 1841, with a Translation of the History of 

 Sindh, {Chuch Namuh). This interesting work has already appeared in an abridged 

 form in the Journal. The Secretary begged to state, that he would be happy to place 

 this valuable paper at the disposal of the Committee of Papers, for publication in the 

 Transactions of the Society. Referred to the Committee of Papers. 



A letter from Capt. Shortrede, of 24th July 1841, forwarding a new Table of Pro- 

 portional Logarithms, composed by himself. 



A Note on the Cerous Elaphus, byB. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



A letter of 17th July 1841, from James Middleton, Esq. forwarding Copy of the 

 Sanscrit Treatise, shewing the use of the silver Astrolabe from Kotah, now in the pos- 

 session of the Society, which Mr. M. had been unable to meet with when he wrote 

 his remarks (published in the Journal) on this curious instrument. 

 An account of Arracan, by Lieut. Phayre, 



A letter of 30th July 1841, from Capt J. S. Burt, in reply to one from the Secre- 

 tary regarding the Inscription at Bussuntgurh near Mount Aboo, as also a letter from 

 Lieut. A. Cunningham of 18th July 1841, connected with the above subject. The 

 names of princes reigning in Odeypoi'e, recorded in this Inscription are new, and will 

 it is believed be proved satisfactorily to supply the hiatus after Bhritiprad, and 

 Allaf a in Tod's and Prinsep's (Useful Tables) Genealogical Lists. 



Specimen of a short History of the Emperors of Hindostan to the reign of Shah 

 AUum the Blind, by Mr. Thomas Gonlan. It was suggested that this paper should 



