Ixxviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Aug. 1844. 



a report by Lieut. Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, on the Mijjertheyn 

 tribe of Somallees, inhabiting the district forming the North-east point of Africa. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 

 Your most obedient servant, 

 Fort William, the 6th July, 1844. W. Edwards, 



Under-Secretary to the Govt, of India. 



This valuable paper was referred to the Editors of the Journal for early 

 publication. 



Read a letter from Mrs. Greenlaw, widow of the late C. B. Greenlaw, Esq. 

 presenting to the Society a handsome model of the Steamer Enterprise (the 

 first steamer which came round the Cape*) carved from a piece of her 

 keel. 



Read the following letter from Dr. Wallich, Superintendent H. C. Bo- 

 tanical Garden, accompanying the splendid donation to which it refers : — 



To H. Tor ren s, Esq. 



My dear Sir, — Will you do me the favour to present to the Asiatic Society, at their 

 next meeting, a tolerably good skull of the Hippopotamus. It was the best I could 

 procure at the Cape. I brought it with me from thence about a month ago, and Mr. 

 Blyth was put in possession of it soon after my arrival. 



In case the Society should think that I could be of service in procuring objects of 

 Natural History from South Africa, I should be happy to assist in the best way I could. 



I have the honor to remain, 

 My Dear Sir, 



Your sincerely, 

 Botanic Garden, %\st July, 1844. N. Wallich. 



Read the following note from the Revd. Dr. Hseberlin on the reference 

 which had been made to him of the letter from the Royal Bavarian Aca- 

 demy of Munich : — 



Memo. — The " Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences" at Munich, has for the com- 

 paratively short period of its existence acquired a great renown for its scientific re- 

 searches, which include oriental studies, and deserves, therefore, the acknowledgment 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Having been honored by the Academy with the 

 proposal of an interchange of our respective publications, it appears to me highly de- 

 sirable for our Society, and it is to be hoped mutually advantageous, to accede to the 

 proposal. 



* In 1826. 



