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George Whitlocke's column in the Mutiny War of 1857, has brought 

 to my notice a circumstance which I place before you, as it may be 

 deemed worthy of being enquired into, should it not have already 

 been so. And should it have been so, I shall be much obliged by being 

 informed where mention is made of it. 



" Dr. MacFarlane states, that 10 miles from Simareea, which place 

 is 14 miles from Rewah, at the Falls of the Tonse river, are pre-historic 

 remains of an unusual nature ; — in so far, that the mounds or barrows 

 are flattish ; that the stones encompassing them are around barrows 

 of parallelogram form, instead of around circular barrows ; that 

 these barrows extend for miles, and are laid out as we lay out flower- 

 beds, but that all the beds or barrows are of parallelogram form. I 

 don't remember to have heard, or read, of this pre-historic sort of 

 structure." 



The President stated that the Council in communicating the above 

 letter, wished to draw the attention of the members to these interest- 

 ing relics, should any one of them have an opportunity to examine 

 the locality. 



The President then introduced to the meeting the Rev. Dr. Wilson, 

 of Bombay, who delivered an address tl on the prospects of Indian re- 

 search," of which the following is a very brief abstract : 



The Rev. Dr. Wilson, in addressing the chairman and the meeting 

 shortly noticed how the Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by 

 that prominent Orientalist, Sir W. Jones. He stated how Colebrooke 

 enriched the Society's transactions by his very learned and interesting 

 researches into the history, antiquity, &c. of India : and how the subse- 

 quent minute investigations of European science have corroborated 

 his statements. Professor H. H. Wilson, extended the investiga- 

 tions, first commenced by the learned founder of the Society, and 

 his labours in the analysis and examination of the Puranas have 

 elucidated the hitherto unknown origin of Indian customs and man- 

 ners. He, it was, who translated the several dramatical works of 

 the Hindus, and first brought to the notice of the European public, the 

 beauties of the Sanscrit language. The Rev. Doctor also called the 

 attention of the meeting to the unparalleled persevering ingenuity of 

 Mr. James Prinsep, and particularly dwelt on his labours, connected 

 with the decyphering of the edicts of Asoka. Thus, through the im- 



