PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1865. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 the 1st instant. 



A. Grote, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The Proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced. 



1. From the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, 

 Foreign Department, a copy of the 6th vol. of a collection of Treaties, 

 Engagements and Sunnuds relating to India and the neighbouring 

 countries, compiled by Mr. C. U. Aitchison. 



2. From A. C. L. Garlyle, Esq*, a copy of a Telugu and Sanskrit 

 Vocabulary. 



3. From A. Grote, Esq., on the part of Cheboo Lama, 4 Narayani 

 copper coins from Bhootan. 



4. From E. Blyth, Esq., a collection of skulls and skeletons of 

 mammals and several bird skins. 



5. From J. Daniel, Esq., a skin of a Flamingo. 



6. From T. Moseley, Esq., a snake (Tropidonotus Stolatus) killed 

 in Calcutta. 



7. From Lieut. -Col. G. H. Saxton ; instruments used in the 

 Meriah sacrifices among the Khonds. 



The following is an extract from the letter accompanying the pre- 

 sentation. 



" They are doubtless the things used at the human sacrifices in the 

 Khond country. A Meriah victim was rescued nearly 3 years ago in 

 the hill country between the Vizagapatam District and Kalahandi of 



