624 Asiatic Society. [No. 139. 



Description de L'Egypte, ou liecueil des Observations et des Recherches, Antiqui- 



tes, Description, tome ler. 

 Ditto ditto. — Antiquites, Memoires, tome ler. 

 Ditto ditto. — Planches a ditto, tomes ler a 5em 

 Ditto ditto. — Etat Moderne, tomes ler et 2d. 

 Ditto ditto.— Planches, id ler et 2d. 



Ditto ditto. — Histoire Naturelle. — Planches, tome ler et 2d 

 Ditto ditto. — Preface Historique et Avertissement, 1 vol. 



The Secretary moved, that he be authorised to forward to Major Troyen 

 two complete sets of the Society's Oriental publications, with a view to obtain 

 in return from the French Government or others, to which he might judge 

 it advisable to present them, works published at their expence ; one for the 

 Russian, one for the Dutch, and one for the American National Institute 

 were also mentioned. This proposal was approved of, and the Secretary 

 was authorised to carry it into effect. 



Read the following extracts from a letter addressed to the Acting Se- 

 cretary, Mr. Piddington, by Professor Wilson : — 



East India House, 29th April, 1843. 



My dear Sir, — Your communication respecting the missing copies of the Maha- 

 bharata and Journal had been anticipated by an application from the Societe Asiati- 

 que, through Capt. Troyer. The books had been lying very quietly in the Library 

 Store, as we knew not what to do with them. A letter from the Secretary to Govern- 

 ment, to the Secretary to the Court, had been sent about the time the books were dis- 

 patched, but it did not specify for whom the books were intended, beyond the request 

 that they should be sent to Allen and Co. The request was not attended to in the Se- 

 cretary's department, nor was the letter communicated to the Library, and the books 

 might have been here as long as the house stands, had not the application been made ; 

 a little more precision in future in forwarding any thing through the same channel will 

 be expedient, and a private note to me intimating, that such and such books, &c. have 

 been forwarded should always be added. Your memorandum specifies 56 copies of 

 the 4th Vol. and 56 copies of the Index. There were no such things as the latter. 

 There seems to be some mystery about this Index. I have applied to the Society 

 already for copies for our Library, but no notice has been taken of the application, 

 nor have any copies been sent to Allen. He seems to be ill supplied also with the 

 fourth Volume, being obliged to borrow of us, and we have none to spare. It will 

 be desirable to send home a few more copies, and to supply the 20 copies of the Index 

 for this Library, the 56 for France, and an adequate number for Allen.* I take this 

 opportunity of asking you, if the Society ever received any copies, and what number, 

 of my Vishnu Purana, Sanscrit Grammar and Ariana Antiqua, and if they did re- 

 ceive them, I should be much obliged by being informed how they were disposed of. 

 It is not from any curiosity regarding the Society's distribution that I wish for this 

 information, but to guide my own. I have omitted sending copies to some of my 

 friends in India, under an impression, that they might receive them from the Society, 

 and I may have been mistaken. H. H. Wilson. 



* See Messrs. Allen's letter, which acknowledges receipt of these in the case per Ellcnborough, 



