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lychloros ; Pycnonotus Jocosus ; Pycnonotus atricapillus ; Calliope 

 Kamtschatkensis. 



The Hon'ble G. Campbell, in accordance with the notice given at 

 the previous meeting, then moved — 



* That the Council be requested to consider the means of obtaining a 

 better knowledge of the languages of Cashmere and Chilas, and to 

 that end to solicit the aid of the Government of the Punjab and of His 

 Highness the Maharajah of Cashmere.' 



In introducing the motion, Mr. Campbell made the following re- 

 marks : — 



I rise to submit the motion of which I have given notice for 

 to-day, viz. that the Council be requested to consider the means of 

 obtaining a more exact knowledge of the languages of Cashmere and 

 Chilas, and to solicit the aid of the Government of the Punjab and of 

 His Highness the Maharajah of Cashmere to that end. Considering 

 the subject to be of some importance, and desiring to place it fully 

 before the Members of the Society previous to the submission of my 

 motion, I ventured at the last meeting to give my views in some detail, 

 and my remarks having been embodied in the Proceedings, I need not 

 now repeat them. In brief, I pointed out that two Arian languages 

 of the very highest interest, and spoken in countries now easily accessi- 

 ble, are still unexplored ; the learned and civilised language of the po- 

 lished and ingenious Cashmerees ; and the language of Chilas or Kylas, 

 the traditionary source of the earliest Arian migrations and myths. 

 The learned President, Mr. Bayley, in conversation, threw some doubt 

 on the claim of Chilas to be the true Kylas. He mentions that in the 

 Almorah hills, the Hindoos point to the high country north of that 

 place as the Kylas. It may be that the word will prove to be one of 

 broad signification as applied to these high lands, but the common 

 understanding of the Punjab certainly seems to be, that the words 

 Chilas and Kylas are identical, and I venture to think that this North - 

 Western Kylas, still peopled by Arians, in a most ancient Arian coun- 

 try, is more likely to be the true Kylas, than a part of Thibet which, 

 so far as Ave know, has never been peopled by Arians, but is the patri- 

 mony of races of the purest Thibetan stock. I suspect that the more 

 easterly Hindoos merely point to unknown heights beyond the eternal 

 snows. The modern Chilas is the more accessible country north-west 



