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making a post mortem of a Burman convict, who was hanged here, 

 in December last. There were twelve pieces of each metal enclosed in 

 separate but dense capsules beneath the skin. 



" On proceeding to open the chest, I found the first two pieces of 

 gold on either side beneath the integuments. The remaining gold 

 pieces were found on each arm, and the silver in the forearms. There 

 was no mark on the outer skin to indicate that any foreign body lay 

 beneath, but by carefully feeling along the arms, small hard bodies 

 could be detected. 



" On enquiring, I find Burmans are in the habit of inserting these 

 bodies, as charms for sickness, or for the purposes of averting impend- 

 ing danger. The man from whom these were removed, was known 

 in Barman, as a desperate and dangerous character. The charms did 

 not appear to have the desired effect. 



" There is some writing on those coins, but I am unable to make it 

 out." 



(Sd) R. H. Curran. 



The Secretary then read' the following letter from Mr. Mulheran, 

 describing the Cromlechs of Central India : communicated by Colonel 

 H. L. Thuillier. 



Camp, 12 miles W. of Hanye. 



4th February, 1868. 



" My dear Colonel, — I have much pleasure in acknowledging youi 

 letter of the 12th Instant and hasten to forward prints from th< 

 Photographs to which you refer. 



" Cromlechs of the form illustrated in Photograph JVo. 4 [PI. I. fig. 2" 

 are found in great abundance on both banks of the Grodavery in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Albaka, and in the low ridges west of the canal above Duma- 

 gadium. The majority of the Cromlechs consist of a number of upright 

 stones sunk into the ground in the form of a square, and covered with one 

 or two large slabs of sandstone. In some, two bodies, or rather their re- 

 mains, appear to have been interred. In others only one. The crosses 

 are found in the neighbourhood of Malrir, and Katapur, two villages on 

 the Nizam's side of the river. I have not seen the Cromlechs near 

 Albaka, but have been informed by those who have, that no crosses 

 are found near them. The cross at Malur has both of the arms broken, 



