830 Asiatic Society. [No. 141. 



The proposed exchange was agreed upon. 



Read the following extract of a letter from Dr. Spilsbury to the Sub- 

 Secretary, relative to the Mammoth Head brought down by Lieutenant 

 Hickey : — 



My dear Sir, — I really have been quite horrified at the announcement in the 

 Journal, (No. 136, or 50 N. S.) received last night of the Head from your zealous con- 

 tributor. The history of that Head is as follows, and the Society at present have no 

 more right to it than I have. It was exhumed at Brimhan Ghat, by the late 

 Capt. M. Smith, then in charge of the Saugor district, (vide Journal, vol. viii. 

 for 1839, p. 951 and its foot note.) He carried it to Saugor where I saw it, and 

 where he gave it tome; I then gave it to Cautley (for comparison, as I had sent a 

 very large one previously to the Society,) and offered to convey it to Agra, which I 

 did, and here all trace was lost for a long time. I could get no answer about it from 

 Dr. Woodburn, the Garrison Surgeon, and it must have lain two years in his com- 

 pound, not at Kamptee as you state. When H. with his Corps went from Saugor 

 to Agra, I requested him to make enquiries, and let me know, which he did, stating, 

 that it was all safe in W's. compound, of which I informed Cautley, who requested 

 me when opportunity offered to send it to Calcutta, care of Cantor and Co. When 

 H. was leaving Agra for Barrackpore, he asked me if he should take this Head 

 in his boat, and which I gladly availed myself. About this time Cantor's house fail- 

 ed, and there was therefore no use in sending it to them, and it remained with 

 H. pending Cautley's hookum. I shall write to Cautley to-morrow, and see what 

 he says. I hope you duly received my remittance of 20th ultimo. 



Benares, 15th August, 1843. 



Read the following extract of Letter from Lieutenant Hutton : — 



My dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to announce the dispatch per Banghy to your address, of a 

 small packet containing specimens for analysis of the wax or wax-like substance deposited on the 

 leaves of a tree growing above Rajpore, by the larvae or " Flata limbata," an insect closely allied 

 to F. Nigricornis, a figure of which you will find in Donovan's Insects of China. The specimens 

 of wax I should feel obliged by your analysing, and adding the results in a note to my remarks. 

 There are likewise two specimens of the perfect insect in a little box which can be added to the 

 Society's Museum after inspection. Can you tell me whether the Society possess any specimens of 

 ores and minerals which they would exchange for any duplicates I may have of Minerals, &c. from 

 Afghanistan and parts of India ? Also, whether they have any duplicate insects for exchange 1 All 

 of course in good condition. I wish much I could furnish you with the localities from which your 

 Himalayan collection sent down by me, was presented ; but my memoranda were destroyed 

 during my absence in Afghanistan, and I cannot tell what you have received. Cculd you tell me 

 what you had received together with the numbering of the specimens, I might perhaps tell, from 

 my geological report and the aid of my own specimens, where yours are from. 



I will in a day or two remit you the amount of my subscription, which is due for two or three 

 quarters, I fancy. Yours very truly, 



J. Hutton, 



Mussodree, QSrd August, 184S. M. A. S. 



