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cimens and Reptiles; as also the duplicates of Capt. Hutton's Spiti Valley Geologi- 

 cal collections, for transmission to the Honorable the Court of Directors, through the 

 Government. 



The Officiating Secretary read to the Meeting, the following note from Mr. John 

 James Middleton, who had undertaken to furnish notes on Major E. Pottinger's 

 Astrolabe. 



"I have much pleasure in returning Major Pottinger's Astrolabe, and your very 

 valuable book.* It may be gratifying to you to know, that from the observations of 

 Ulug Begh, I have without difficulty ascertained the forty-two stars, given on the face 

 of the Astrolabe. 



'< I have not yet succeeded in getting the plates finished, but they will soon be so. I 

 have had them all done three times, and yetnot quite to my mind ; the lithographers tvill 

 think for themselves, instead of confining themselves to mere imitation of my drawings, 

 and you may imagine the consequence. I send you the drawing of the back of the 

 instrument, which is the best I have got ; yet it has some defects, on account of which 

 it must be redone. I expect them all to be completed in the course of a week how- 

 ever ; and as all the materials for my notes are ready, you may expect the whole soon." 



Read a letter from Dr. Othman Frank, Professor of the University of Munich, re- 

 commending to the notice of the Society, Dr. Roth, whose intention to visit India 

 is to enrich his natural knowledge ; and presenting to the Society the following Treatises 



of his own, viz. — 



1. On the image of Visvakarman. 



2. On the image of Hari-hara. 



3. On the relations of India to Egypt. 



Read a letter from M. C. Visscher, Secretary to the Batavian Society of Arts and 

 Sciences, forwarding for presentation to the Socitey, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th 

 parts of the 17th vol. of Dissertations, published by the Batavian Society, accompanied 

 by a Chart and 15 Illustrations. 



Read the following paper on the Mythological connection between Artemis and Nana, 

 by Dr. W. E. Carte, 61st Regiment N. I. 



" On the Mythological connection between Artemis and Nana. 



"NANA NANA PAO. This deity has been identified as the Grecian Artemis, 

 the Ceres or Diana of the Latins, but as the analogy is as yet incomplete, an endeavour 

 will be made to establish it; with this view, each of the words ( Artemis and Nana) will 

 be considered separately as to their etymology, in the hope of arriving at some degree 

 of certainty, on so difficult a subject. 



" First then, as to APTEMI2. The commonly received etymology of this word is> 

 ar]p-Ti/uLV(s), the air cleaving, but as the Greek adjective aepOTOfXOg exists, had 



* The tables of Ulugh Beg, with Latin translation. 



