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Calcutta, 1842. 

 Report on the Settlement of the District of Seharanpore, compiled by E. Thornton. 



October 1840. 

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lvol. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. 3rd Serie. Paris, 1841, Tome xv. 



Read the following report submitted by the Librarian, respecting the arrangement 



of Antiquities in the Museum : — 



To H. Torbens, Esq. 



Secretary, Asiatic Society. 

 Sir, 



I beg to submit to the Society the following report respecting the arrangement 

 of the antiquities. 



During the last three months I have had charge of this department of the Museum, 

 and it has been my constant endeavour to identify the specimens, and place the col- 

 lections in order. 



The accompanying list which is to form the first part of the Catalogue, contains the 

 arrangement and description of the antiquities and idols in metal and wood, and of 

 the smaller ones in stone. 



However, as little had been done to preserve the identity of the antiquities, no 

 regular register kept, specifying the particulars, and giving a detailed description of the 

 respective donations, in order to enable the Society to judge on the correctness of the 

 catalogue, 1 hope, they will excuse me, if I trouble them with a statement of the rea- 

 sons, which guided me respecting the identifying of the specimens. 



I. Nos. 1 — 5. Five Egyptian idols, four of wood, and one of porcelain, presented by 

 Lieut. Young, December, 1837, ascertained by the name of the donor, being written 

 upon them. 



Nos. 6—15. As. Res. Vol. XIV. Appd. p. 3. is mentioned a small collection of 

 metal and porcelain images, presented by Capt. Bidwell, and as there is no other col- 

 lection of this kind, we must suppose this to be the same that is mentioned in the 

 Researches. 



II. No. 16. A copper figure dug up near Bushire, donor Capt. J. Hennel, As. 

 Journal, Vol. v. p. 241, identified by a drawing, given in the Journal. 



I II. Nos. 17 — 23. Seven brass and copper Images, presented by R. Home, Esq. As. 

 Res. Vol. XII. Appd. p. 23. 



Among the number of these Images,a SeshaNaga is mentioned, resting on a tortoise, 

 and as there is only one of that peculiar situation in the collection, it undoubtedly is the 

 same. On examining this figure, I discovered in the inside of the pedestal a cypher, 

 made with white oil colour, and by this means I found out the other specimens, which 

 had on the very same place, cyphers of the same.colour, and the same hand writing. 



IV. Nos. 24 — 38. Fifteen brass Images from Patna and Allahabad, presented 

 by Dr. Tytler, As. Res. Vol. XIV. Appd. p. 3; they had labels upon them, containing 

 the name of the donor, and of the locality. 





