PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC, SOCIETY OP BENGAL, 



For November, 1865. 



The monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on the 1st November, 1865. 



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



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced — 



1. From Capt. A. B. Melville ; ten Stereoscopic photographs illus- 

 trating some of the Buddhist monasteries and remains of Kashmir and 

 Ladak. 



2. From Dr. John Anderson ; specimens of two monkeys. 



3. From Mr. Grote ; a specimen of Carjpophaga bicolor. 



4. From T. Boulton, Esq. ; specimens of Corvus Splendens and 

 Oriolus melanocejphala. 



5. From Babu Rajendra Mullick, specimens of a white pea hen, 

 a Cassowarry, a Nilgai, and a pony 30 inches high. 



6. From A. C. L. Carlyle, Esq. ; a live Python. 



7. From F. Fedden, Esq. ; Geological specimens from Burmah and 

 the Shan States. The following letter accompanied the presentation. 



" I have much pleasure in sending herewith a few geological speci- 

 mens, collected during my trip through Burmah and the Shan States. 

 Those from the Salween river exemplify the remarkable polish, and 

 also the peculiar black coating, that some of the rocks in its channel 

 have received. Among the bones and osseous remains from the sand 

 and pebble cliffs on the east bank of the Irawaddee, near Yoynan 

 Khyoung, there may be something of interest, or worthy of the 

 Museum." 



8. From S. Jennings, Esq. ; specimens of oceanic shells. 



