March, 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. xxxv 



The Secretary stated that he had allowed M. De Storr to have from 

 the library one volume at a time of each of the works applied for, as he 

 deemed it incumbent on the Society to give every aid in its power to 

 works of the kind proposed. 



Read a note from E. B. Ryan, Esq. presenting to the Society a box of 

 models of Ceylon boats, which were greatly admired for their beauty 

 and fidelity. 



The Secretary presented on the part of E. C. Ravenshaw, Esq. a 

 memoir " On the ancient bed of the River Soane, and the scite of Pali- 

 bothra" with a map. This valuable paper was handed to the Editors 

 of the Journal for early publication. 



Read the following letter from Major R. Leech, B. N. I. 



To the Secretary to the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



My dear Sir, — I shall be glad to hear whether the Society feel an interest in the 

 subject of this letter. 



I have taken advantage of my having been last year in charge of the Keythul and 

 Umbalah districts to have compiled a map of the Kurukhetra, the scene of the Maha- 

 bharata, as well as an accompanying account to illustrate the map from that work, from 

 another called the Kurukhetra Mahatma, and from existing leg*ends collected at each 

 spot from the eldest and most intelligent inhabitants. 



I should be glad to know what aid the Society is dispossed to afford me in publishing 

 both, or the map alone, which is on a scale of two miles to the inch. 



R. Leech, 1st Ast. G. G. A. N. W. F. 



Umbalah, New Frontier, 14th February, 1845. 



The Secretary stated that he had written to Major Leech to say that 

 the Society would be most happy to publish the work in question for 

 him in its Journal or Transactions, being a subject of the highest 

 Indian Classical interest. 



Read the following extract from a letter by Lieutenant Baird Smith, 

 to the Sub-Secretary : 



I intend shortly sending you a few coins obtained from the old village or town dis- 

 covered on the Muskurra River. These have been obtained without charge to the 

 Society. The site of the town has hitherto been covered with large quantities of boul- 

 ders for the use of the canal work, so I have not been able as yet to make any farther 

 search, but as these are now, or soon will be cleared away, I hope to pick up something- 

 more. 



Read a letter from G. Buist, Esq. in charge of the Bombay Observa- 

 tory, intimating that he had dispatched on the ship Sterlingshire, a 

 set of the Observatory Records for 184.3, to replace those formerly sent 

 which had been damaged by oil in the dawk bangy transit. 



