PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foe Septembee, 1858. 



The Monthly General Meeting for September was held on the 

 1st instant. 

 Lieut.-Col. E. Strachey, Vice-President, in the chair. 

 The proceedings of the August Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Presentations were received — 



1. From the Rajah Radha Kant Deb, Bahadoor, an Appendix to 

 his Sanscrit Encyclopaedic Lexicon called the Sabda-Kulpa-Druma. 



2. Erom Major H. L. Thuillier through Mr. Smith, a Hindu 

 Sculpture being the image of Vishnu. 



3. From Herr. H. Schlagintweit through Dr. Eatwell an explana- 

 tory table of the Relief des Monte-Rosa und Seiner Umgebungen. 



Lieut.-Col. Strachey on behalf of Dr. Mouat presented to the 

 Society a Photographic likeness of an Andaman Islander* and some 

 Photographic pictures of the Volcano of Barren Island and of the 

 vicinity of Port Blair. 



Communications received. — 



1. From E. Thomas, Esq., B. C. S., a Catalogue of the collection 

 of coins and gems belonging to the late Col. Stacy for the purchase 

 of which the Society is in treaty. 



2. From Dr. C. A. Gordon of EL. M. 10th Foot through the late 

 Mr. Piddingtonan analysis of the Meteorological Observations taken 

 on board the ship Palmyra during a voyage from London to Calcutta, 

 1857. 



3. From Dr. G. Von Liebig. — 



First. An account of a Cyclone in the Andaman Sea on the 

 9th and 10th April, 1858. 



* The Baine man who was in Calcutta. 



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