PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For January, 1849. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on the 

 evening of Wednesday, the 10th January, 



The Hon'ble the President in the chair. 



The accounts and vouchers for December were submitted. 



Mr. Wm. Macintosh, Civil Architect, who had been duly proposed 

 and seconded at the December meeting, was ballotted for and elected. 



Read letters — 



From Capt. Powell, Steamer " Precursor," requesting his name to be 

 removed from the list of members. 



From the Hon'ble the President, forwarding a paper by Mr. Hodgson 

 of Darjeeling on the Chepang and Kusunda tribes of Nepal (with 

 drawing). 



From the Hon'ble Mr. Bethune, requesting on the part of the Cal- 

 cutta Public Library, to have a copy of the Journal, Bibliotheca Indica 

 and other Oriental works published by the Society supplied free of 

 charge. Ordered as requested. 



From B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Darjeeling, a memorandum relative to 

 the Seven Cosis of Nepal. 



From the same — a Route from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, to Dar- 

 jeeling in Sikim, interspersed with remarks on the people and country. 



From the President of the Batavian Society of Arts, acknowledging 

 receipt of the Bibliotheca Indica and of the Journal. 



From J. W. Laidlay, Esq. V. P., &c. presenting, for the use of the 

 Zoological Section, the sum of 500 rupees, due by the Society to Mr. 

 Laidlay, for 100 copies of his version of Fa Hian. The thanks of the 

 Society were unanimously voted to Mr. Laidlay for the above donation. 



Also from Mr. Laidlay, Notice of a Chinese Geographical work. 



