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taken from a Mahratta by a soldier of the Queen's 50th. at Punniar, who T believe 

 bayonetted him. The ball was one fired from the Battery stormed by the 50th, and 

 fell within a foot of my brother, who had it picked up and preserved as a relic of the 

 fight. 



I am collecting, or rather attempting to do so, a small Mineralogical and Geological 

 Museum for the Medical College, and have sent home for a complete set of Eu- 

 ropean specimens, classified and arranged, which I hope will arrive here shortly. 



Do you think the Asiatic Society would object to make over to us any triplicate 

 or quadruplicate specimens which may not be worth preserving by them, and are 

 not of sufficient value to send home ; for we must be moderate in our expectations, 

 and be content with small beginnings. I hope ultimately to see complete 

 courses of Geology and Mineralogy given in this College, that our Students may 

 obtain some acquaintance with these highly interesting and in this country important 

 branches of science. 



Very truly yours 



Medical College, SOlh August, 1844. Fred. J. Mouat. 



Resolved, that the Curator in the Geological and Mineralogical Depart- 

 ments be desired -when the arrangements of the collections will admit of it, 

 to assist Dr. Mouat's views. 



The Sub-Secretary, as Curator, stated, that (see Journal Vol. X, p. 172, 

 Proceedings for May 1841,) he had already pointed out to the Society, this 

 as a very proper method of disposing of spare specimens. 



Read the following letter from Dr. A. Sprenger, B. M. S. : — 



To the Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, <SfC. §c. #c. 



My dear Sir, — I beg leave to send you an article for the Journal of the Asiatic 

 Society. If you have plenty of space in your present number, I shall make it longer, 

 adding passages which show from whence the Arabs obtained the principal articles of 

 commerce, as for instance paper, which was manufactured at Samarcand, &c. Print 

 this part, and let me know about the rest. 



1 am, your very faithfully, 



Chinsurah, August 28, 1844. A. Sprenger. 



The Secretary stated, that as the MSS. was much interlined, he had 

 placed it in the hands of a good copyist, and would first return it to Dr. S. 

 for his revisal before placing in the hands of the printers. 



The Curator Geological and Mineralogical Departments stated, that 

 having been for the most part occupied in preparatory arrangements in 

 the Laboratory, and having nothing of note to minute, he had deferred 

 making any report for the present month. 



