442 Asiatic Society. [No. 125. 



The Official Report referred to by Dr. Campbell, has been forwarded by Mr. Se- 

 cretary Bushby, for the information of the Society, and will appear in an early 

 number of the Journal. 



The report having been read, it was proposed by the President, and seconded by 

 Colonel H. Bubney — That the Society record its deep regret at the death of this 

 most able and eminent philologist and enterprising traveller, the loss of whose 

 services in the exploration of countries so little known as Thibet, and its circumja- 

 cent regions, and in the elucidation of historical and philological questions, con- 

 nected with the races which inhabit those interesting and almost unknown tracts, 

 may be looked upon as a calamity to be deplored by the learned world of Europe, 

 and that the sum of Co's. Rupees One Thousand be placed at the disposal of Dr. 

 A. Campbell, for the erection of a Monument, adding thereto a Tombstone, with 

 suitable inscription to the memory of the deceased. 



Read a letter of 12th April 1842, from Mr. G. T. Lushington, intimating 

 that he had on that day " forwarded another specimen for the Society's Mu- 

 " seum, which I hope and believe will prove acceptable. It is the Skin of a Fox 

 " brought down by the Jowalier Bhotias this year, from the vicinity of the great 

 " Himalayan Chain. The fur is, in my opinion, and indeed in that of all who 

 " have seen it, very beautiful, and as it seems to have been well preserved, I 

 " hope your Curator will be able to make a good job of it." 



" I do not know whether you have any other specimen in the Museum, but think 

 " it notlikely that you have one, unless Hodgson may have sent one from Katman- 

 " dhoo. The under-hair of the animal is something like that of the Shawl Goat in 

 " fineness of texture. Its habitat may be said to be the lofty mountains of Jowa- 

 " Her and other Bhote Mehals, in the vicinity of the eternal snows." 



" I have another article ready for you, but want to know whether it is worth 

 " sending. If you already have it, of course it is not worth the carriage, but if it is 

 " new to you, I think it will be prized. 



" It is the Steam Blow-pipe used by the Sonars of Almora, and other parts of the 



" hills. It is of copper, about five inches in height, and of this shape. ^> 



" The globe A being first slightly heated, the nozzle B is inserted ]B^ 



" into a cupful of cold water, which it rapidly sucks up, thus ( /\\ 



"filling itself. It is then placed in a brazier, and the steam ^ ' 



"formed by the boiling water contained in the globe is expelled at the nozzle 





