1850.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 559 



6th. From Dr. T. S. Wise, submitting the following extract from 

 a letter of his brother J. P. Wise, Esq. respecting the History of the 

 Tipperah Raj lately forwarded by him for publication in the Bibliothe- 

 ca Indica. 



"The Rajmalla of the Tipperah Family which bears all the marks 

 of antiquity, is kept with the greatest care by Wazier or Rajpandit. 

 He gave me the original MS. for a few days to copy, as a great favour. 

 I was at the time in charge of the Maharaja's affairs, and I have 

 every reason to believe it to be a genuine record of the Tipperah 

 Family." 



Ordered that the letter be brought forward for consideration, on the 

 receipt of the Rev. Mr. Long's report on the original MS. 



7th. From E. Rlyth, Esq., communicating a short note on the Bird- 

 devouring habits of a species of spider, by Capt. W. S. Sherwill. 



8th. From Capt. M. Kittoe, Benares ; enclosing a note on an 

 inscription engraved upon a brick found some years ago in a field near 

 a village in the Juanpore district, also a transcript from the original, 

 and a translation by James Ballantyne, Esq. Principal of the Benares 

 College, and suggesting that the second part of the Naishada be print- 

 ed in the Bibliotheca Indica. 



The Secretary stated that the work named by Captain Kittoe, is in 

 the press, and will shortly be published. 



9th. Extracts were also read from a private letter of Capt. Kittoe, 

 offering to send down a large collection of Buddhist sculptures from 

 Benares. Referred to the Council. 



10th. From B. H. Hodgson, Esq., forwarding Vocabularies from 

 the North Western Frontier and Ceylon in continuation of his series 

 of Vocabularies intended to exhibit the glottological affinities of the 

 whole of the aborigines of India. 



11th. From Mr. Blyth, enclosing a continuation of his Conspectus 

 of the Ornithology of India. 



12th. From Capt. T. Latter, submitting a work entitled, "Selec- 

 tions from the Vernacular Buddhist Literature of Burmah," and soli- 

 citing the Society's patronage to the same. Referred to the Oriental 

 Section. 



13th. From R. W. G. Frith, Esq., forwarding a specimen of Nepal 

 paper presented to the Society by C. Chapman, Esq. 



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