66 Asiatic Society. [No. 133. 



Two odd Horns of Blesbok, Damalis Canna. 



One single Horn of a Cow Eland or Impoofoo, Damalis Oreas. Bull stands six feet 

 six inches high at the shoulder. 



Six Poisoned Arrows of Bushman manufacture, made of reeds, tipped with bone from 

 the Ostrich thigh bone, inserted in a piece of strong wood, and bound with the dorsal 

 sinew of the Springbok Antelope. The poison is composed of a species of red slime or 

 moss, called by the Dutch "klip gift," or "rock poison." It is common to all water- 

 falls and damp spots in the snowy jnountains in South Africa; this ingredient mixed 

 with the poison from the poison-fangs of the Cobra-de-Capello and the inspissated 

 juice of a bulb named by the Dutch " telp," resembling a crocus with a blue flower, 

 forms a mass which is smeared on the shaft and bound with sinew. The effects of this 

 poison are sudden, and very fatal. 

 Three Tails of Cameleopards, C. Australis. 



6th November, 1842. 

 The grateful thanks of the Society were ordered for this handsome 

 Donation, of which many of the objects excited great admiration, and are 

 most valuable additions to the Museum. 



Read the following extract of a letter from Lieut. Baird Smith, referring 

 to his former enquiry as noticed in the Proceedings of (See November or 

 December Proceedings.) 



Camp Delhi, Wth December, 1842. 

 My dear Sir, — Accept my best thanks for the trouble you have taken in forward- 

 ing to me the extract from the Papers, relative to the Earthquake of the 11th ultimo, 

 and those in Persian &c. relative to Earthquakes in general. Both are most accept- 

 able, and you will oblige me by thanking Mr. Torrens in my name for the latter. 



There is no doubt whatever as to the existence of the Zill Zillee Namah, and that 

 portion of the Calcutta native savans who doubt of this, because not themselves 

 aware of it, have fallen into the not unusual error of reducing the information of others 

 to the standard of their own ignorance. Dr. Falconer has repeatedly seen and examin- 

 ed it during his travels in Cashmeer, and by a note just received I learn, that although 

 a copy of it cannot be procured in Delhi, many of the learned natives there are ac- 

 quainted with the work. I fear, however, that it is from Cashmeer only that it is to be 

 procured, and I have sought the aid of Mr. George Clerk in procuring it thence. 



Very sincerely yours, 



R. Baird Smith. 

 Read the following letter from the Curator in the Zoological Depart- 

 ment : — 



Asiatic Society's Museum, \3th December, 1842. 

 Sir,— I beg to represent to you the urgent necessity that exists for not longer de- 

 laying to supply cases for our rapidly increasing collection of stuffed Mammalia. 



Of the many specimens that are now risking the consequences of exposure, I find 

 that two have already suffered from insect ravages. Fortunately, these chance not to 

 be of value (further than as regards the time expended on the preparation of them), 

 being merely a Jackal and a common Fox ; but the same injury might have happen- 

 ed to species which are not so easily replaced, and which are still liable to be thus 

 attacked and ruined. 



