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as I have sent yon, and a few rusty implements have been met with. 

 I have requested Captain Cole to get the structure which I have 

 referred to excavated, and to report the result, but I have not much 

 hope of further discoveries of interest being made, while the wud- 

 durs, or stone-cutters, have done their best to demolish the buildings, 

 and, I presume, abstract their contents." 



A short discussion followed on the same subject, in which several 

 members took pail. 



The President then exhibited on the part of Colonel R. Strachey 

 an axe which, he (the President) said, possessed a great resemblance 

 to similar implements found in Europe. The axe had a long curved 

 and sharp edge, gradually attenuating behind into a kind of a straight 

 handle, which has the edges flattened, so as to allow it to be easily 

 used in the hand. The material from which the axe had been made, 

 appeared to be bronze,* and if this was really the case, the implement 

 would be of extreme interest ; it would be the first example of a true 

 bronze weapon of that kind having been found in India. The only 

 remarkable thing is a regular serration, as if it had been made with a 

 file, on one side of the sharp front edge. It would be very interesting 

 to know where the axe was found and under what circumstances. 



Col. Strachey stated, the only history he was able to give was, that 

 the specimen was said to have been found somewhere near Jubbulpore, 

 and was given to Mrs. Strachey when passing through that station. 



The President thanked on the part of the meeting Colonel and Mrs. 

 Strachey for the opportunity of exhibiting that interesting relic. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting were balloted for and elected ordinary members. 



Major W. A. Ross, R. A. (re-elected.) 



The Rev. J. P. Ashton. 



F. Drew, Esq. 



L. Schwendler, Esq. 



J. Pickford, Esq. 



T. Thomas, Esq. 



Sirdar Atlar Singh. 



* Mr. Tween has since carefully analysed portions of this axe and shewed 

 it to be bronze. Its composition is 86.7 parts of copper and 13.3 parts of tin 

 in 100 parts. 



