988 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Aug. 



From the Rev. Dr. Hoeberlin, forwarding 100 copies of his revised 

 edition of his Sanscrit Anthology, regarding which a favorable report 

 was presented at the same time from the Secretary in the Oriental 

 Department. 



Referred to Oriental Section for advice as to distribution of the 

 copies. 



From Capt. ¥m. Munro, communicating his report drawn up at the 

 instance and on the part of the Society, on the timber trees of Bengal. 



Referred to the Committee of Papers, and the marked thanks of 

 the meeting presented to Capt. Munro, for his valuable co-operation. 



From the Rev. Mr. Wenger, presenting his " Introduction to the 

 Bengali language" and requesting to be favored with a copy of Wester- 

 gaard's "Radices Linguae Sanscritse." Copy voted with the thanks 

 of the Society. 



From Lieut. R. Strachey, Almorah, dated 9th July, forwarding an 

 account of the Glaciers of the snowy range about 7 marches from 

 Almorah — and offering to present to the Society a small collection of 

 minerals brought by his brother from Thibet. 



Lieut. Strachey 's paper has been published in the Journal for August, 

 and his offer of the specimens accepted with thanks. 



From Capt. J. D. Cunningham, giving a narrative of his antiquarian 

 researches in the Bhopal district. 



From B. H. Hodgson, Esq., of Darjeeling, presenting papers with 

 plates on the Cat-toed sub-plantigrades of the Himalayas, and on a 

 new species of Plecotus. 



From Dr. McGowan, Ningpo, dated Sept. 1846, presenting a curious 

 work, entitled a Chinese Vocabulary and Dialogues, &c. — by P, Strene- 

 nassa Pillay, Chusan, 1846. 



Ningpo , Sept. 1,1846. 



To the Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure of forwarding, at the request of the author' 

 the accompanying volume entitled "A Manual for Youth and Students, 

 or Chinese Vocabulary and Dialogues, containing an easy Introduction to 

 the Chinese Language, Ningpo Dialect. Compiled and translated into Eng- 

 lish by P. Strenenassa Pillay — Chusan, 1846." 



The book is a philological curiosity and interesting to the friends of 

 oriental literature, as the product of an Indian mind. During his residence 



