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Asiatic Society. 



[No. 134. 



En consequence elle a accepte les offres bienveillantes de Mr. Gautier un des ses 

 membres, qui dirige un navire sur Calcutta, pour vous adresser ses remerciemens 

 vous faire don de ses travaux, et vous prier de continuer un echange dout elle sent 

 tous le prix : elle serait heureuse de former des relatious durables et suivies avec une 

 Societe qui a rendu et rend d'important services aux Sciences, aux Lettres, etaux 

 Arts, parseslumieres, son zele et ses belles publications. 



J'ai l'honneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres devoue Serviteur, 

 C. H. Valat, Secret. Gen. del' Acad. 

 A M. le Secretaire de la Societe Asiatique de Calcutta. 



Ordered. — That the same, with the donation of Books be duly acknow- 

 ledged. 



Read letter from J. Beaufort, Esq., Seory, as follows : — 



Last month the Collector of Beerbhom sold by auction a good deal of property be- 

 longing to the temple at Deoghur, amongst which was a heap of coins. Now, I can- 

 not pretend to any knowledge of Numismatics, and I cannot tell whether the Society 

 would value any of these coins ; but as 1 thought it possible that some few of them 

 might be curious, I bought some of each kind, and enclose them to you, for the bene- 

 fit of the Society. 



Should they prove to be of no value, I shall not care what becomes of them. 



Your's truly, 



J. Beaufort. 

 N. B. The following is a List of the Names under which I bought them. — The 

 name is written inside of each paper. 

 The Coins, 68 in number, were found to be as follows : — 



Benares Rupee, 



Patna 



Nepal, .... 

 Benares 2 Annas, 



Jhansee, .... 

 Arcot, 



Assam, ...» 

 Nagpore, . . . 

 Lucknow, 



Nepal, 



Unknown, .. 

 Assam Anna, 

 Arcot, .... 



Nepal, 



Unknown, . . 

 Assam Half Anna, 



Seory \ January 16, 1842. 



Total, 



1 Piece. 

 1 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 12 

 1 

 8 

 8 

 8 



68 



Read extract of letter from D. F. McLeod, Esq. C. S. as follows : — 

 ' ' 1 have long by the way purposed intimating to you this as a remarkable philologi- 

 cal fact. It was clearly ascertained by a German Missionary, named Mr. Loesch, who 



