\)[ Proceedings of the A sialic Society. [June, 



3. From Moulavi Abdul Lutcef Khan Bahadur, several copies of 

 Reports of the Proceedings of the Muhammadan Literary Society of 

 Calcutta. 



4. From the Hon'ble W. Muir, a copy of his " Life of Mohammad'' 

 in 4 vols. 



5. From Babu Rajendralala Mitra on the part of Babu Gourdoss 

 Bysack, a meteorite which fell at Gopalpur near Bagerhaut in the 

 district of Jessore, on the 23rd May last. 



The following note accompanied the donation. 



" Here is a magnificent catch for your Society. It is nothing short of 

 an aerolite over 3 lbs. and a half in weight, and perfect in every respect. 

 Its ash gray colour, speckled with black, its vitrified black crust, and 

 its harsh grating friable texture will convince you of its being a 

 veritable comer from another world, even if you should have no faith 

 in the enclosed depositions made before me. You will at once per- 

 ceive that in character it differs very little from the Shalka and 

 Dhurrumsala meteorites, though somewhat harder* than the stone which 

 was lately sent to the Society by the Hon'ble Mr. Beadon from Dacca. 

 The edges and angles of the stone are so sharp that it is evident it 

 could not have been in a fused or semi-fused state when it travelled 

 through the air, and yet two of the faces have such thin and 

 imperfectly formed crusts, that I think the stone must have broken 

 in the air above our atmosphere, and the crust on those sides subse- 

 quently formed. On the upper surface, there is a curious impression 

 veiy like that of a feline paw. You must not, however, infer from 

 it, that the pet cat of Cynthia had jumped out of her lap, and fallen 

 on the stone while yet it was soft. Mr. Oldham will, I am sure, assign 

 a 1 tetter cause for it." 



The following are the depositions, taken by Babu Gour Doss Bysack, 

 which accompanied his letter. 



" Bakerooddin Shaikh of Gopalpur, Pergunna Selimabad, deposed : — 

 ' On Tuesday last (23rd May) at about 4 dundo in the evening 

 (i. e. about 6 o'clock p. m.) I had been to the field to fetch home my 

 cattle. It was very cloudy at the time. The clouds were particu- 

 larly dense to the south. All of a sudden a hissing sound (c^1 \) was 



* This is doubtful. So far as can be judged from the chipped edges, the pre- 

 sent stone appears to be more triable than the Dacca Meteorite. — Ens. 



