260 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Oct. 



20. Marsden, p. 481. A gold coin of Isma'il. The first line in 

 Marsden Las the metre Muszdri' i rnakfuf i maq } ur — 



( kj, — kj — ^, u u, — u — ) ; but the second line is 



wrong, for it has no metre. 



In several of the above examples, Marsden's plates confirm my con- 

 jectures ; in others, as in No. 15, better specimens of coins are required 

 to prove or disprove the correctness of my emendations. To apply the 

 rigid rules of Persian Prosody to inscriptions on coins, may be novel 

 and unexpected ; but my preceding remarks will shew how necessary 

 it is, even for numismaticians, to take care of the Ars poetica, when 

 describing the coins of the Moghul Dynasty of India and the f afawis 

 of Persia." 



The Meeting then broke up. 



Library. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 last meeting. 



* # * Names of Donors in Capitals. 

 Presentations. 



The Journal of the Eoyal Geographical Society, Vol. 38. — The 

 Royal Geographical Society of London. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Juin et Juillet, 1868. The 

 Geographical Society of Paris. 



Journal of the Geological Society of Ireland, Vol. II., part I. — The 

 Royal Geological Society, Dublin. 



Tliomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee, Annual Examination, 

 1869. The Principal, Ttiomason College. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. XXV., parts 1 and 

 2. — TnE Geological Society of London. 



Zeitschrift der Dentschen Morgcnlandischen Gesellschaft, Band 

 XXIII. Heft I. and II.— The Editor. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, part L, 1869. — 

 TnE Zoological Society of Lodnon. 



Journal Asiatique, No. 50, 1869.— The Asiatic Society of Paris. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 113. — The Royal Society of 

 London. 



Mas'vidi, les Prairies d'Ore, texte Arabe et traduction, par C. B. de 

 Meynard. Tome V. — The Author. 



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