1867.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 81 



" Further, with a view to get the system generally adopted, the 

 Council should place itself in communication with the Punjab and 

 the Nagpur branches of the Society, as also with the Bombay and 

 the Madras Branches of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, and ask their opinion and co-operation. 



" By order of the Committee, 



" Rajendralala Mitra, 

 " Secy. Phil. Comtee. Asiatic Society." 



Asiatic Society's Rooms, 

 21th March, 1867. 



The Council recommended the election of H. B. Medlicott, Esq., 

 F. Gr. S., in place of Colonel J. E. Gastrell, as member of the 

 Council and Honorary Treasurer of the Society ; — of M. H. Ormsby, 

 Esq., LL. B : C. E., in place of H. F. Blanford, Esq., as a member 

 and Honorary Secretary ; — and of Mr. Justice Phear and Coowar 

 Harendra Krishna, in place of the Hon'ble Gr. Campbell and Dr. T. 

 Oldham, as members of their body. 



The receipt of the following communication was announced : — 



From F. Hill, Esq. C. E. on the newly invented steam engine of 

 Mr. R. W. Thompson. 



At the request of the President, Babu Gour Doss Bysack read his 

 paper on the antiquities of Bagarhat of which the following is an 

 abstract : — 



The village of Bagarhat is situated 30 miles to the N. E. of 

 Khulneah in Jessore. Four hundred and fifty years ago it was the 

 seat of a collectorate or tehsildari, at the head of which was one 

 Khan Jehan a Pathan nobleman of distinction. He greatly im- 

 proved the place and erected many stately edifices, of which only 

 two now remain, a tomb and a mosque. The former is a brick 

 building 48 feet square and surmounted by a magnificent dome. 

 The floor of the chamber is inlaid with encaustic tiles, and the 

 gravestone — a large slab of Jeypur marble — bears date A. D. 1458. 

 Close by it is a small grave which holds the mortal remains of one 

 Pir Ally, a convert to Mahomedanism, who out-casted certain 

 brahmins whose descendants are to this day known by the name of 

 Pirallis. Close by this tomb there is a large tank, containing a 

 number of tame crocodiles, whose blessings are sought by thousands 



