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lie in the Bombay Courier some months back, for taking accurate drawings 

 of the remains in the Adjunta Caves, and publishing them by subscription. 



Resolved, that the Society subscribe for two copies and circulate the 

 notice among its members. {[See cover of the present number.] 



Read a letter from Mr. Secretary Macnaghten forwarding a manuscript 

 grammar of the Belochee language, by Lieut. Leech of the Bombay En- 

 gineers. 



Extract of a letter from the Hon'ble G. Turnour of Ceylon was read : 

 stating that he had found by means of the new key, that the Delhi lat in- 

 scription related to the Dulada relic or sacred tooth of Buddho in Ceylon. 



Lieut. Sidoons presented a continuation of his translation of the Dadu~ 

 panthi Grantha, the chapter on meditation. 



Lieut. E. Conolly forwarded an account of a visit to the ruins of Oujein, 

 with notice of various coins and antiquities found there : accompanied 

 with sketches by Lieut. Kewney, including two of the great meteor ob- 

 served on the 11th January last in central India. 



Lieut. Kittoe announced the safe arrival of the Bhubaneswar inscrip- 

 tion-slabs, which he was about to return to their respective temples. 



Physical. 



Mr. B. H. Hodgson communicated to the Society copies of correspon- 

 dence regarding the publication of his work on the Zoology of Nipal, and 

 of the arrangements he had effected, requesting that the Society would 

 add such suggestions as to them might appear desirable. 



Resolved, that the Society forward the papers (as requested) to Sir A. 

 Johnston, stating their concurrence in Mr. Hodgson's views as to the 

 mode and scale of publication, and urging such support for the work as the 

 home Society should be able to afford among its members as well as 

 through its influence with the Honorable Court. 



Mr. Hodgson has obtained the valuable aid of Sir Wm. Jardine to superintend 

 the publication of the plates, which it is proposed to execute in lithography on an 

 economical scale, so as to make the work a text-book for Indian naturalists rather 

 than a costly ornament to the drawing room of the rich as intended by Mr. Gould, 

 who estimated the expence of such an edition at a lakh of rupees ! The desci'iptive 

 portion Mr. Hodgson judiciously defers publishing until his return to Europe, and 

 it will be presented in a convenient octavo form separate from the plates. 



A generic and specific account of the Gauri Gau (whose head was lately 

 exhibited by Mr. Evans to the Society) was also received from Mr. 

 Hodgson. 



Journal of a trip to the Boorenda pass in the Kandwer district of the 

 Himdlaya, by Lieut. Thomas Hutton, was communicated by Dr. Pearson. 



[This paper from its length we fear we shall be obliged to publish piece-meal ; 

 it contains much that interests the naturalist.] 

 . A Boa Constrictor presented by Mr. R. Gwatkin, stuffed in the museum. 



A long-tailed thrush, presented by Dr. L. Burlini. 



A crab, set up, varnished, and presented by M. Delessert, who in his 

 parting note tendered his services to procure objects of interest to the Socie- 

 ty at Pondicherry, whither he was now proceeding. 



