1843.] Asiatic Society. 133 



was recently settled in this district, but sad to say, carried off with his companions 

 by Cholera ; that the language spoken by our Gonds is fundamentally the same 

 with the Canarese. Mr. L. had become familiar with the latter formerly at Manga- 

 lore and other places under the Bombay Presidency ; and found himself able almost 

 to converse with the Gonds, or at all events to make himself in a great measure un- 

 derstood by them by using this language ; and being a gentleman of great acquire- 

 ments and philological acuteness, had he lived, I have no doubt he would have 

 been able to throw much light on the interesting question of the origin of this peo- 

 ple. It has been decreed otherwise, but were the fact generally known < Canarese 

 scholars might be induced to turn their attention to the subject. 



Read a note from Dr. Campbell of Darjeeling, on the " Bora Chung," or 

 Burrowing Fish, which was referred to the Editor of the Journal for publi- 

 cation. Also a paper from Lieut. Shortrede, of the Trigonometrical Sur- 

 vey, on Meteors observed by him on the night of the 13th August, 1842. 

 Referred to the Journal for early publication. 



The thanks of the Society were ordered to be expressed to the various 

 donors and contributors of all the foregoing. 



Reports of the Librarian were read as follows : — 

 H. Piddington, Esq. 



Acting Secretary Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — My report of this month refers to the collection of Roman, Greek, Indo- 

 Grecian and Indo-Scythian coins in the cabinet of the Society, which have been 

 arranged, numbered, and labeled, and I have now the pleasure of submitting to 

 you three lists, exhibiting an arrangement, and a detailed description of the coins. 



The Roman coins amount to 297, all of Roman Emperors, from Augustus down to 

 the destruction of the Occidental empire. With the exception of a few, they are 

 not remarkable for their rarity. Mr. J. Prinsep, in his description of the Roman 

 coins in the possession of the Society, observes (As. Jour. Vol. I. p. 391,) that 

 most of them were found in India, which would certainly give them some interest ; 

 but those coins being no where specified, it is now impossible to identify them. 

 A few of these coins are of silver, and none of gold j the only gold coin and some 

 silver ones, formerly in the cabinet, being lost. But a comparison of the present 

 list with that of the late Mr. J. Prinsep will shew, that the cabinet has not been 

 greatly diminished. I here place the lists in juxta- position. 



Coins at present in Coins in the cabinet according to 



the cabinet. the statement of' Mr. J. Prinsep, 



Silver coin of Augustus 1 4 



Copper coins ditto ditto 2 4 



Copper coins of Tiberius l 



Ditto ditto of Claudius 4 



