PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



for February, 1854. 



At a meeting of the Society, held on Wednesday the 1st instant, 

 at the nsnal hour, 



Sir James Colyile, Kt. President, in the Chair. 

 Presentations were received — 



1. Erom Capt. W. S. Sherwill through Capt. Thuillier, four 

 coins from Sikkiin. 



2. Erom Capt. H. L. Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, Re- 

 venue Survey Maps of the following districts : 



Bhuteanah — Seebpoor, Upper Assam — Purneah — Tirhoot and 

 Chittagong. 



3. Erom Mr. Thompson, a Burmese Dagger. 



4. Erom J. A. Cockburn, Esq. Superintendent of the Barrackpore 

 Park, Carcase of a Nil G-ai, Damalis JRisia. 



5. Erom the Government of Bengal through "W. J. Young, Esq. 

 Under-Secretary, for the Museum of Economic Geology, a Map of 

 the Chittagong district. 



6. Erom the Academy of Sciences of Bordeaux through Mons. 

 P. E. Guestier, a member of the Academy, Acts of the Academy 

 for the year 1852. 



7. Erom the Imperial Academy of Vienna, Proceedings of the 

 Academy, Yol. X. parts 4, 5. 



8. Erom Dr. Campbell, Darjeeling, a skin and a tracing of the 

 horns of the " Shou Rubge" of Thibet. 



" The horn" says Dr. C. "is now in my possession and said to be 

 of the ordinary size. This deer is described as being a good deal 



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