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Gopalpur is the zemindaree of Parvati Churn Roy. The sun was 

 not visible at the time ; it was cloudy, but not very dark ; there was 

 no lightning or thunder. It did not rain at the time, it rained in the 

 forenoon : the wind was not high, it was usual. I do not recollect 

 whether it rained at night after the fall : we did not see the moon that 

 night. I see the corners of the stone chipped off. I can't say how 

 that occurred. It may be by the striking of the khonta while 

 digging. It sounded or I felt it like a W\^1 (vitrified brick).' 



" Fellu Khan deposed : — ' I was at Bagerhat that day, when I re- 

 turned home, I heard all the particulars from my brother. Next morn- 

 ing, I went to see the stone.' 



" Jaker Shaik ; — ' I am a neighbour. On my return home I heard 

 the particulars, and saw the stone.' " 



The President proposed that the special thanks of the meeting be 

 voted to Babu Gour Doss Bysack for the above highly important 

 donation. 



Mr. Blanford had much pleasure in seconding the President's pro- 

 position. The Society were greatly indebted to Babu Gour Doss 

 Bysack, not only for the stone, which was in itself a valuable acquisi- 

 tion to the Museum, but also for the care and intelligence with which 

 he had collected information respecting its fall, and had thus seized 

 an opportunity of recording a phenomenon of very high interest, and 

 one which but rarely presents itself under equally favourable circum- 

 stances for observation. The stone was nearly perfect, having lost 

 only a few chips at the edges, and there were some peculiarities on the 

 exterior, which Mr. Blanford did not remember to have been noticed 

 on any stone with which he was acquainted. He referred especially 

 to the fluted markings on one of the faces, the cause of which would 

 be an interesting subject for investigation. The pitted marks observed 

 on another face, and noticed by Babu Gour Doss Bysack in his letter 

 recalled the shallower marks of a similar character on the face of the 

 Parnallee meteorite. The two appearances might possibly be due to 

 the same cause, viz. the unequal erosion of the stone by the friction of 

 the atmosphere on parts differing in fusibility and hardness, but this 

 could merely be offered as a suggestion.* 



* On re-examination, I am entirely confirmed in this idea. The deep pits 

 and grooving of the atone as well as the striatum radiating from the pits, are I 



