(500 Proceedings' of the Asiatic Society. [May, 



From Captain Newbold, through Mr. Piddington, forwarding a 

 notice by Hekekyan Bey, late President of the Ecole Polytechnique of 

 Cairo, on the temples and emerald mines in the eastern desert of Egypt. 

 Captain Newbold also forwarded some minerals referred to in a me- 

 morandum annexed to the Bey's paper. 



From Mr. Hodgson, Darjeeling, on the Megaderme of the Terai, 

 with plate — on the Pigmy Hog of the Sal forest, with plate, — returning 

 thanks for the Society's present of M. Csoma de Koros' Grammar 

 and Dictionary of the Tibetan language, — and announcing despatch of 

 the Preface to and first part of a series of Essays on the Aborigines of 

 the Eastern part of the Sub-Himalayas and Terai. 



From Captain Hutton, Mussoorie, 4th April, on the Ovis Ammonoides 

 of Hodgson, and corroborating Mr. H.'s views regarding that animal. 

 From Major Showers, Mursheclabad, with copy of a Persian inscrip- 

 tion (and translation) on a gun found near Murshedabad, and which 

 formed part of the train of Mohabut Jung, usually called Aliverdi 

 Khan. 



From Vincent Tregear, Esq. for copies of certain Oriental works, to 

 be disposed of for the Society. 



The Librarian was directed to comply with Mr. Tregear's wishes. 

 From Dr. O'Shaughnessy, reporting the Assay by the Assay Master, 

 Mr. Dodd, of the Gold dust from the Beas river, forwarded by Captain 

 Jas. Abbott, and which was found to contain in 100 parts. 



Assay Report. 

 Pure Gold. Silver. Alloy. C. Gns. 



91.015 2.995 5.990 f Worse 



than standard. 



On the Land Shells of the Tenasserim Provinces, by the Rev. F. 

 Mason, A.M. (Ordered for publication.) 



From J. G. Delmerick, Esq. forwarding some copper and silver coins 

 found at Pertabghur. 



[The copper coins sent by Mr. Delmerick are of no interest whatever. 

 The seven larger ones are Juanpore coins of " Husain Shall, bin 

 Ibrahim Shah, bin Mahmood Shah ;" and arc very common. The 

 smaller ones are very much corroded ; but have evidently Buddhist 

 emblems.] 



