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government) of the Nawab Nazir of Murshidabad in the last century, 

 and even afterwards, under the English rale, it was the custom to 

 hang persons, convicted of murder, at the Sudder or chief station of 

 the district, and after decease, to remove the body in a cage to the 

 native village of the deceased, and there suspend it on a gibbet as a 

 warning to others. Now the cage I have now in my possession and 

 which I willingly offer to the Society, is that in which, according to 

 report of the people of Whau-Wharazpore, Thana Betka, the corpse of 

 one Goriah Moochee was placed after execution for a murder of which 

 he had been convicted. 



This was when the station of Furreedpore was first established in 

 1809, and it would seem to be the only known instance of the kind 

 in that district. A Mr. J. H. Ravenshaw found the cage at the 

 above mentioned village in 1857, and had it brought to Furreedpore, 

 where I found it. The natives had it in such horror, that they would 

 go a good round to avoid it. One arm, as I have stated, is lost, and 

 this occurred, when, as a joke it was sent by some one to the late Dacca 

 Exhibition and sent back by its Committee with scorn. This is all I 

 could gather respecting this wonderful relic. Let me know if it is 

 accepted, and I shall then send it by the next steamer. * * 



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Yours most heartily, 



F. F. Mazuchelli. 



5. From Babu Prananatha Datta, a copy of Sanjiikta-Svayambara- 

 nataka. 



6. From V. Ball, Esq., a specimen of Ciconia alba. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for ballot at the April 

 meeting, as ordinary members. 



H. S. H. Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein ; proposed by 

 Major Lees, seconded by Mr. Grote. 



Oumara Pramathanatha Raya, Zemindar of Digapati, proposed by 

 Babu Rajendralala Mitra, seconded by Mr. Grote. 



Babu Bholanatha Chandra, proposed by Babu Rajendralala Mitra, 

 seconded by Mr. Grote. 



William McLaren Smith, Esq., Bengal Educational Service, proposed 

 by Mr. J. M. Scott, seconded by Dr. Colles. 



