cxxxii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Dec. 1845. 



lumba, etc. Quoique plusieurs de ces echantillons sont d'une mauvaise conservation, 

 nous ne doutons nullement, qu'ils ne vous soient agreables. 



Dans une autre caisse nous avons fait emballer une tete osseuse d'un Rhinoceros de 

 Java, capture dans les forets du plateau de Bandong. 



Une quatrieme caisse comprend des echantillons de quelques mammiferes, notamment 

 d'un Stenops de Java, de trois speces de Sciurus, d'un Hylogale, d'un Moschus Java- 

 nicus, d'un Lepus melanauchen, d'un Manis, etc. 



Une cinquieme caisse enfin comprendra une tete ossense d'un Crocodilus biporcatus de 

 Java, et puis quelques reptiles Cheloniens de Java. 



Ce que nous venous de vous offrir, nous n'ignorons nullement, qu'il ne fait qu'une 

 partie tres mince des desiderata, notes sur la liste de Mr. Blyth ; mais nous osons nous 

 flatter, que bientot MM. les Naturalistes, membres de notre Societe, nous mettront a 

 meme de vous offrir des envois plus considerables et mieux conserves. 



Veuillez, Monsieur, agreer l'expression de la haute consideration, avec laquelle j'ai 

 l'honneur d'etre. 



Votre Serviteur devoue, 



Van Hoevell. 

 President de la Socitte des Arts et Sciences a Batavia. 



Batavia, ce 28 Septembre, 1845. 



The Secretary noted here that no reply had been received from the 

 Batavian Society to his first communication forwarding a list of desi- 

 derata in the Geological and Mineralogical departments, which had been 

 sent long before the letter here replied to. (See Proceedings of May 

 last). 



The Secretary stated that in reference to the purchase of the Kamoos, 

 one of the Arabic works desired by the Royal Academy at Christiana, 

 he had found that a good copy of Mr. Lumsden's edition of that work 

 could not be procured for less than 150 Co.'s Rs. He had therefore 

 referred to Capt. Bonnevie, R. N. N. for his advice before incurring this 

 high charge, and, all things considered, had thought it best to send for 

 the present the Persian Translation, which could be procured for 30 or 

 35 Rs., and await the farther orders of the University of Christiana. 



Read the following letter from Walter Elliott, Esq., Madras C. S. 

 H. Torrens, Esq. 



My dear Torrens— When I was at Guntoor the other day I wrote to you for old 

 Col. McKenzie's plans, &c. of Amarawatty, which Mr. Piddington kindly sent to me. I 

 afterwards made some interesting- excavations on the same site, and succeeded in laying- 

 open the foundations of the magnificient debgope which McKenzie saw in a much more 

 perfect state, but still too imperfect to enable him to understand its plan or shape. In 

 digging out one of the gateways, I came upon some overthrown figures of men and 

 animals, statues, that had ornamented parts of the entrance, and which I found repre- 

 sented in relief on some of the sculptured ornaments of the building which I also dug 



