cxlii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Dec. 1844. 



Scientific drawings require scientific superintendence even in England, and to have 

 one's drawings copied away from one would be nearly as bad as having one's MS, 

 printed while one is absent. No. 1. of mine is very fair ; the faults of the others are 

 faults of the drawings which were not bold enough. This arose from inexperience on 

 my part ; I am quite certain that very creditable drawings can be made in Calcutta, 

 with ordinary care on the part of authors and proper supervision of the artists. 

 Therefore 1 would not send drawings home, myself unless a very high degree of 

 finish was required. 



Your's 



Kedgeree, \"bth December, 1844. (Signed) W. Griffith. 



After some discussion it was resolved : — 



That as an experimental measure plates for the Researches be generally referred 

 to Major Jervis, and those for the Journal be generally executed here. 



It was mentioned that Mr. Heatly had addressed a letter to the Secretary embody- 

 ing some remarks on the want of connection between Home and Indian Scientific 

 Societies, and submitting some views as to a remodelling of the present working 

 system of the Society, but no definite proposal being brought forward, discussion was 

 for the present necessarily postponed. 



Report of the Curator Geological and Miner alogical Departments and of the Museum 

 of Economic Geology, for the month of October. 



Geological and Miner alogical. — We have this month to announce the highly inter- 

 esting discovery by our zealous member and contributor Captain Newbold, of Bone 

 caves in Southern India, and I cannot better do so than in the words of his letter. 



Captain Newbold writes from Kurnool as follows : — 



" Enclosed is a brief note of some of my late labours, pray correct any thing wrong 

 1 really have hardly time to write. 



If similar cave deposits have hitherto been notdiscovered in your part of India, kind- 

 ly notice the fact in an Editorial note. These are the first fruits from Southern India, 

 Have you got hold of Voysey's unpublished notes and map ? if so, please let us in South 

 India who are much interested, have the benefit by an early publication." 



His description of the Bone Caves will appropriately form an article for the Journal. 



Dr. Rowe of the Artillery at Dum-Dum, it will be recollected, referred to the Muse- 

 um for the identification of a few specimens of minerals which he had collected on the 

 old Benares road on a march down. 



In replying to him I requested specimens of the Corundums for the Museum, and some 

 account of the locality if he could oblige us with one. He has been good enough to 

 place at our disposal a very carefully kept itinerary of that road, which affords so many 



