xxx Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [April, 1846. 



easily examinable. If too long to appear in one number a convenient break will be 

 found at the end of p. 33. 



The paper alluded to in it on the Straits of Malacca and the alluvial plains on 

 its borders is well advanced, but as it is mostly a collection of facts gathered from 

 various sources not always accessible, it may be some time before it is completed. 



From time to time I will send notes on different localities in Singapore and the 

 vicinity, and ere long I hope, with the co-operation of Mr. Thomson, to furnish 

 you with a geological map with sections. 



A short time ago I transmitted through Mr. Prinsep an account of a hill range 

 in Penang, and I requested him to ascertain from you whether translations or ab- 

 stracts of Malayan works would be suited for the Journal ; my professional avocations 

 allow me occasional leisure but the little that I have I shall willingly bestow in 

 advancing to the utmost of my power the objects of the Society, and I shall value 

 any suggestions you may oblige me with touching any enquiries it would desire 

 to be prosecuted here. 



Read the following letter from Edward Madden, Esq., Almorah : — 



To the Secretary of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 

 Dear Sir, — Last autumn I performed a journey from Simla over the snowy 

 range into Kunawur, of which J have drawn up some notes, chiefly botanical, which 

 perhaps you might deem acceptable for publication in the Journal of the Asiatic 

 Society. They extend or will extend to some 60 pages of foolscap and will be ready 

 by the end of this month, and I shall then be happy to forward them to you on 

 receipt of intimation from you that such matters would be desirable for the Journal • 

 The route referred to includes the Shatool and Roopice Passes, and other districts 

 not often travelled, and some of them little known. 



Your's faithfully, 



Edward Madden. 

 Almorah, 17th March, 1846. 



Read the following letter from Captain Rollings, Lucknow : — 

 To the Secretary of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



My dear Sir, — I have been desired by Eusoof Khan, an intelligent officer in 

 the service of His Majesty the King of Oudh, to forward to you for presentation to 

 the Asiatic Society a Book in Persian containing an account of his voyage to Eng- 

 land and journey through that country and part of France, &c, in 1837-38 — and 

 some coins, said to be of ancient date, which he picked up in different parts of Oude. 

 I have sent a copy of the work written in Oordoo to Dr. Sprenger at Delhi, with 

 the view to its publication being undertaken by the Translation Society. 



As Eusoof Khan is anxious to return to England if he can get sufficient money, 

 T trust that if there is any chance of a profitable sale the Society will undertake the 

 publication of the work. 



