xx Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Feb. 1845. 



The?slab with this inscription has been despatched to Darjeeling, to our fellow 

 labourer and associate, Dr. Campbell, Superintendent at that station. 



The two following letters from Mons. Eugene Bumouf, of the Asiatic Society of Pa- 

 ris, and from Count Scopoli, Secretary to the Academy of Verona, have received the 

 attention they merit in due course; Mr. Heatly having charged himself with obtaining 

 the eggs of the Phalena required by the latter Society. 



H. Torrens, 

 F. P. and Secy. As. Soc 



Note. — The following letter from Lieut.-Col. Ouseley, I publish at his desire, clear- 

 ing up a mistake which would seem to have occurred respecting the survey of the 

 Nurbudda river, published in a recent number of the Society's Journal. I need only 

 add, that Lieut.-Col. Ouseley, has placed the remainder of the map at the disposal of 

 the Society, and that it will be lithographed for speedy publication. 



H. Torrens, 

 V. P. and Secy. As. Soc. 



My dear Sir, — I observe in No. CLI. of the Journal, a map of the Nerbudda, 

 forwarded with Mr. A. Shakespear's letter. 1 find that Mr. Shakespear has remarked 

 in a note, page 497, " The original survey is not to be found on record, Capt. Ouseley 

 appears only to have submitted the result of it with his opinions." 



This is written without reference to the map itself, which is actually that done by 

 me, (from the Devnaguree original) every word of which is written in my own hand, 

 and certified by me in the map, which is reduced, as mentioned by the lithographer, 

 to one -fourth. 



As 1 had a great deal of trouble in making it, it gives me much pleasure to see it 

 where it is. The survey, at considerable expense to the Government, was only sanc- 

 tioned by Lord William Bentinck on my repeated representation. 



I have the original sketch, and the only copy I made for the Government is that 

 from which Mr. Smith reduced the one now presented to the public. I mean to have 

 it lithographed over again, as the most valuable part is left out, and the eastern course 

 of the river beyond Babye, that part on which the coal and iron mines are situated, 

 ■which minerals will I trust be the means of creating the most surprising and beneficial 

 changes in the country, in supplying material for a grand trunk rail line across 

 India. 



May I request the favor of your giving this letter a place in the next Journal. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Yours very faithfully, 



Calcutta, 22nd February, 1845. J. R. Ouseley. 



To the Vice President and Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, at Calcutta. 

 Sir,— I have had the honor of receiving your letter, dated the 13th August, this year, 

 and 1 think it my duty to lose no time in answering the same. It is about a fortnight 

 since the Royal University of this town received two boxes of tinned iron, containing 

 a collection of ornithological preparations and other objects of Natural History, 

 some Indian coins, and a catalogue of books and manuscripts in the Indian languages, 

 belonging to the Asiatic Society. We have also in July last, received a parcel with 

 seeds, like another which arrived about a year ago. The Senatus Academicus has 



