ex Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 



indispensible ; at least whenever they had been copied without the text explaining: the 

 corrections.* 



Mr. Blyth finally complains that the animadversions were harsh and published without 

 reference to him. The Secretary has already stated that he wholly dissents from there 

 being" any animadversions at all conveyed or intended. The Committee for the Burnes's 

 drawing's felt themselves bound to give on this occasion a full and distinct history of the 

 matter (see Report) to exculpate themselves from an apparent neglect of 7,000 Rupees 

 worth of outlay under their charge, and he believes" the feeling was, that the only 

 possible motive which could be assigned for Mr. Blyth's open contempt of the Society's 

 orders and wishes for three years, might be perhaps pique at not being allowed to alter 

 the drawings; and thus that the Committee deemed it proper to enter fully on that ques- 

 tion. 



With respect to the non-reference to Mr. Blyth ; what is alluded to in the memoran- 

 dum is his proposal of correcting, which his present paper shews not to have been in the 

 least overstated. The sequel is merely the statement of the Committee's grounds (acting 

 for the Society) for rejecting that proposal, and Mr. Blyth himself gave rise to the publi- 

 cation of which he now complains by having been three years in default. 



H. TORRENS, 



September 3rd, 1845. Vice-President and Secretary, Asiatic Society 



E. Blyth, Esq. 



Sir, — I am desired by the Committee of Papers of the Asiatic Society to acknowledge 

 receipt of your letter of the 23rd August and to state in reply, — 



That after an attentive consideration of it, the Committee have thought it right that it 

 should be published in the Proceedings, as affording to the Society, and to the public in 

 general, a full explanation of your views on the subject of the proposed corrections, and 

 the knowledge that you by no means intended making these without a full account of 

 them in the proposed text. 



2. The Committee further desire me to state that they fully approve of the determi- 

 nation of the Committee for Sir Alexander Burnes's drawings to publish nothing as such, 

 bearing the sanction of the Society's name, which were not exact copies of the originals 

 as entrusted to it by Government. 



Museum,\8th Sept. 1845. I am, Sir, 



Your's obediently, 



H. TORRENS, 



V. P. and Secy. As. Society. 



Specimens of acorns and of fir cones from Darjeeling presented by 

 Cockburn, Esq. were laid on the table. 



The Curator of the Museum of Economic Geology and Geological 

 and Minerological Departments had been unable, on account of illness, 

 to prepare his report or to attend the Meeting. 



The best thanks of the Society were voted for all the above presenta- 

 tions and communications. 



* Refer also to the Note submitted at the former Meeting, in which the special instance 

 of the hocks of the Elephant is adduced. 



