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Asiatic Society. 



[No. 102. 



and the Mission ejected by the Goorkahs, then extending their conquests in every 

 direction. The greater part of the Library, attached to the Mission was, the Officiating 

 Secretary observes, brought off to Katmandhoo, and preserved there with great 

 care. Mr. Hodgson, he believed, and Mr. Ross Bell, while Assistant Resident there, 

 had succeeded in obtaining many of the books so preserved. 



Captain Burt's Letter, with facsimile of a new Asoka edict, was submitted to the 

 Society. This interesting relic is published in the present number (102) of the Journal. 



A Skeleton of a Cobra Capella, beautifully prepared by M. Bouchez, was on 

 the table for the inspection of the Meeting. 



For all the above contributions and presentations, the thanks of the Society were 

 accorded, and the meeting broke up considerably after 10 o'clock, p. m. 



