Aug. 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. Ixxix 



Mookhteser Koodooree. 



History of India, (from Timoor to Shah Alum.) 



Revenue Regulations. 



Maritime and Inland Discoveries. 



Paley's Natural Theology. 



Simson's Mathematical Instruments. 



Books under Translation. 



WhewelPs Mechanics. 



Herschell's Astronomy. 



Royle on the productive resources of India. 



A Treatise on preservation of Health. 



Ditto ditto on Physiology. 



Mineralogy, (from the Arabic.) 



Geology, (from Ditto.) 



Sanscrit Dramas. 



General Geography. 



Susruta on Medicine. 



Principal Transactions in India, from 1813 to 1823. 



The Kuzzil Bash. 



Life of Runjeet Sing. 



DeMorgan's Arithmetic. 



Druitt's Vademecum of Surgery. 



Persian Reader with Urdoo notes and vocabulary. 



Several other books have been accepted and will shortly be translated. 



Read the following letter from Lieutenant C. B. Young, Bengal 

 Engineers, accompanying the drawing to which it refers : — 



To H. Torrens, Esq. Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 



My dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to send you the drawing of the brass statue of 

 the Hindoo deity Goorur-jee at Joseemuth. A late traveller in the Himalaya has sup- 

 posed it to be of Grecian construction and representing the God Mercury. The former 

 from its excellent workmanship may not be improbable, but it has wings neither to the 

 head dress nor feet, nor has it a caduceus of any kind in the hands, which are joined as in 

 the act of prayer. It corresponds with the representation of Garuda or Gurura given 

 in Coleman's Hindu Mythology, having the wings and the hooked nose, and in addition 

 the zennaar and ornamental parts of various kinds, as the tiara, halo, jewelled earrings, 

 necklaces, bracelets, armlets, and anklets. The whole construction as you will see from 

 the drawing (which is as faithfully copied in every respect as possible and without any 

 flattery) is very far superior to the generality of Hindoo workmanship, and the whole 

 form and expression of the statue are graceful, elegant and tasteful. 



The statue is in the town of Joseemuth at the junction of the Vishnoo Gunga and 

 Doolee rivers, and the residence of the Rawul of Buddreenath, but it does not seem to 

 be much valued either from its sanctity or workmanship, as though the Rawul's residence 



