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Here having listened to half a poem he sacrificed his person and 

 his life. Here Joulai sold himself to his enemy to save from starva- 

 tion a famishing Brahman. Here Joulai broke one of his bones, the 

 marrow of which was still shown hardened on the rock. Here 

 Joulai hacked his own body for the service of a sparrow-hawk to 

 ransom thereby a dove. Here Joulai resuscitated the corpses of 

 those slain by famine and disease and cured the sick. Here Joulai 

 changed himself into the serpent Souma. Here Joulai, as king of 

 the Peacocks, struck with his beak a copious spring from the rocks. 

 Here the relics of Joulai being carried on a white Elephant, the 

 latter fell and died and was changed into a rock. Here Joulai, 

 piercing his body, gave his blood to nourish the Demons, &c. &c. 



" It would be difficult to find a more ancient or revered theatre of 

 Boodhism than this tract, extending from the Jelum to Jullalabad, 

 yet, as I have observed in a late paper, the oldest coins contained in 

 the Boodhistic monuments are of the 1st and 2nd centuries of our 

 era, though a beautiful coinage had there been current in those 

 parts 400 years, and though many of the monuments are attributed 

 to Asoka." 



Mr. H. B. Riddle, C. S. duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, was balloted for and elected an ordinary member. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot at the next 

 meeting. 



Hon'ble E. Drummond, C. S. ; — proposed by Mr. Grote and se- 

 conded by Dr. A. C. Macrae. 



G-. F. Edmonstone, Esq. C. S. ; — proposed by Mr. Allen and se- 

 conded by the President. 



Capt. H. C. James 32d, Regt. N. I. proposed by Cap t. Thuillier 

 and seconded by Major Baker. 



J. Watson, Esq. C. S. proposed by Capt. Layard and seconded 

 by Mr. Grrote. 



The President then addressed the meeting, mentioning how de- 

 sirable it was that an effort should be made to obtain the assistance 

 of Government in prosecuting the excavations at Sarnath. He be- 

 lieved that, with the exception of a short interval during which Mr. E. 

 Thomas was at Benares, the excavations had not been touched 

 since the departure of Capt. Kittoe ; it had been suggested that, if ap- 



