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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



(Friday Evening, 4<th March, 1842.) 



The Hon'ble the President in the Chair. 

 The following Books were presented : — 



Books received for the Meeting, on the 4th March, 1842. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer, new series, vol. 3d, No. 27, March, 1842, .. P 

 The Oriental Christian Spectator, 2d series, vol. 2d, No. 12th, Dec. 1841, and 



vol. 3rd, No. 1st, January 1842, P 



Yarrell's History of British Birds, part 27, London, October, 1841, .... .... P 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 7th, No. 47, and vol. 8th, 



No. 49, September and October, 1841, London, P 



London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosopical Magazine and Journal of 



Science, 3rd series, vol. 19th, Nos. 123-124, September, and October, 1841, 



London, P 



Memoir of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, 1840, vol. 11th, .... 1 



Journal des Savants, Juin a Juillet, 1841, Paris, 2 



Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, vol. 3rd, part 2nd, No. 76, 



1841, P 



Sykes's Notes on the Religious, Moral, and Political State of India, London, 



1841 1 



Sykes's Fishes of the Dukhun, .... .... .... .... .... 1 



The Calcutta Literary Gleaner, vol. 1st, No. 1 P 



McCosh's Medical Advice to the Indian Stranger, London, 1841, 1 



Three Volumes of Dew an and Masnevi, by Hakeem Rookeen-Uddeen of Kashaud, 

 in good preservation, perfect, MSS. complete and well written, were offered for 

 sale. Referred to the Committee of Papers. 



The following letter from Mr. Csoma De Koros was read. The account referred 

 to, accompanied it : — 



To H. Torrens, Esq. 



Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, #c. 



Sir, — Since I am about to leave Calcutta, for a certain period, to make a tour in 

 Central Asia, if possible, I beg you will receive and keep this memorandum, after you 

 have communicated it with the Asiatic Society. 



I respectfully acknowledge, that I have received many benefits from the Asiatic 

 Society, although I have declined always to accept the allowance of fifty rupees, which 

 they generously granted me in 1829, 1831, and 1841 ; since the Government's allow- 

 ance to me, during several years, was sufficient for my support. 



I intend to return again to Calcutta, and to acquaint the Society with the results of 

 my travels. But, in case of my death on my intended journey; since I sincerely 

 wish the prosperity, and pray for the long continuance of this noble establishment, 1 

 beg to leave my Government Securities, as also the Books and other things now taken 

 with me, at the disposal of the Asiatic Society, delivering herewith to you my last 



