86 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Jan. 



To W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 

 Sat, — I beg to hand you an extract from a letter I have received from the Secre- 

 tary to the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Copenhagen, and for the aid 

 of your Society in their Researches I am enabled to assure you of their most cordial 

 co-operation in connection with any scientific pursuit in which their services can be 

 made available. 



I beg your acceptance of the accompanying three Nos. of the R. N. A. Society's 

 proceedings which have already been submitted to you, and when I receive more 

 they shall be laid before your Society. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 

 Danish Consulate, D. C. Mackey, 



Calcutta, \Zth January, 1847. Danish Consul. 



Extract from Mr. Secretary Chas. Rafor's letter. 

 " On the formation of an Asiatic Section in our Society we have had in view the 

 elucidation of the ancient monuments of Asia, which shall be the aim of our ear- 

 nest exertions. In connexion with this object several works have been already 

 commenced, among which we may here mention the Treatises on the connexion 

 between Sanscrit and Icelandic (old Danish) whereof the first part is already 

 printed, and on the decyphering on the second Achoemenian or Median species of 

 arrow-headed writing by Professor N. L. Westergaard, the author of the Radices 

 linguae Sanscritse, and the disquisition on the coins struck by the Buids, by the Rev. 

 Jas. C. Lindberg, A. M. which we hope will meet with especial favour in Asia, in- 

 asmuch as our Cabinet is in possession of several hitherto unknown coins of this 

 class." 



Read a letter from Lieutenant Strachey, promising a copy of the 

 narrative of his recent tour to the lake districts of Manesarowar, for 

 publication in the Society's Journal. 



Mr. Laidlay read a list of coins, received by him from Mr. Torrens. 

 Mr. Laidlay was requested to retain the coins in his charge, depositing 

 a list with the senior Secretary for office record. 



Read a letter from Lieutenant Wroughton, forwarding copy of an 

 inscription which has been referred to the Oriental Sub-Committee 

 for examination. 



Read the accompanying note from Mr. Heatly, forwarding letters 

 and publications from the Statistical and Ethnological Societies of 

 London. 



To W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



My dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to place in your hand two letters from Mr, 

 King, Honorary Secretary to the Ethnological Society, and Assistant Secretary to 



