PKOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For August, 1868. 



A Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 5th instant, 

 at 9 o'clock p. m. 



T. Oldham, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last Ordinary General Meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The receipt of the following presentations was announced : — 



1. From Babu Hemachandra Deva — 



A nest of Orthotomus longicaudus. 



2. From the Barrackpore Park Menagerie — ■ 



A specimen of Melllvora ratel (Badger). 

 A specimen of Pave muticus. 



3. From Lieutenant J. Gregory — 



A specimen of Teliplwnus, from the Naga Hills. 



4. From Btibu Rakhaladasa Haladara — 



A quantity of Kaolin from Manbhum. 



5. From J. Avdall, Esq. — 



A copy of Grammaire Polyglotte contenant les principes des 

 langues Arabe, Persane, Turque et Tartare, par Le P. 

 Minas Medici. 



6. From the editor — 



A copy of Prasannardghava Ndtaka, edited by Pandita 

 Govindachandra Sastri. 



7. From the Superintendent Government Mathematical Instrument 

 Department — 



Two base line chains, 100 feet each. 

 A Zenith Sector, with stand. 



