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be sent, (dawk banghy) was one inside bit, the outside pieces bearing 

 marks of combustión. Before the 14th the weather for several days 

 was excessively cióse and hot at Dhurmsala andall over the country." 



7. The Secretary also read the following extract of a letter from 

 Mr. Oldham, containing a communication from Dr. Haidinger of Vien- 

 na on the subject of the meteorites lately sent to the Imperial 

 Museum, Vienna, by the Society. 



JVaini Tal, August 27th, 1860. 



Mt dear, ATKINSON", — I have had notes from Dr. Haidinger, Vien- 

 na, regarding the meteorites. I suppose from what he says that yon 

 have had a letter of thanks, but in case it should have miscarried, I 

 write to tell you the box arrived safely, on 22nd May, and that they 

 are greatly pleased and gratified with this addition to their valuable 

 series of meteorites. Dr. Haidinger's first note stated that several of 

 the specimens had been placed in the lapidary's hands and were theii 

 being polished. And now in his second note, just received, dated 30th 

 June, he gives me the result of some of their analyses. Many pub- 

 lic duties cormected with proposed changes in the organization of 

 some of the scientific bodies of Vienna, with the object of economy, 

 had occupied Dr. Haidinger's time and energies more than he wished, 

 and he regrets in consequence the little progress he has made in the 

 description of these interesting specimens. Of one however he has 

 laid an account before the Imperial Academy of Sciences (Vienna) on 

 the 8th of June. In this he gave a brief account of the whole six 

 meteorites sent to Vienna. The specific gravities of these are : — ■ 



Allahabad, 3.526 



Shalka, 3.412 



Segowlee, 3.425 



Assam, 3.792 



Pegu, 3.737 



(The Pegu specimen was sent by me, not by Asiatic Society.) These 

 do not diífer materially from each other, and yet the specimens diñer 

 very materially so as to give an almost complete series of meteoric 

 productions, perhaps the class of the Cape or Rokkeveld meteorics 

 excepted. 



The Shalka meteorite appeared the most rarc and curious. It was 



