1865.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 199 



" Chin Naik, the Thannd Duffedar of Annay Hohli who picked the 

 stones out of both spots — 



Stated that he heard, in the afternoon of the 21st September last, 

 that a stone had fallen in a field of " Annay Doddi" sometime in the 

 morning. Immediately on hearing this report, he went to the above 

 11 Doddi," where Kenda (the 1st witness) told him all that he witness- 

 ed in the morning, and took him to the spot, and pointed him out 

 the place where he saw the stone fall : there he saw something black, 

 half of which was buried in the sandy soil of the field. 



First of all he touched it with a stick. When he found that it was 

 safe enough, he took it out of the hole with his Jiands and brought 

 it to the village, where he slept during the night. Next morning, 

 Mullay Gowda (the 3rd witness) told him that another stone had 

 fallen in the field of " Kenday Growcla" of Hoskerray, at about a half 

 mile distance from that place. On hearing this, he took him to the 

 spot and there he found a stone buried in a hole ; he removed the 

 sand from it, and found that it was broken into several pieces ; he took 

 the pieces out carefully, and saw that their colour and quality resembled 

 that which he already had with him : afterwards he took the stones to 

 the Talook Cutcherry with an " Arzi" of the Shaikdar of Annay 

 Hobli." 



" Kencha, a Police Peon who went to the spots with the above 

 Duffedar — 



Stated as above." 



There were no other people at the time near the spots, who 

 witnessed the stones fall on the ground ; consequently I could not get 

 any more particulars about them ; therefore I conclude." 

 (Signed) " Mahamed Ali, 



" Amildar of Mudoor Talook." 

 "Muddoor, 4th October, 1865." 



From R. E. Forrest, Esq., Etawah, some remarks on the Rock Inscrip- 

 tions near Khalsi in the Dehra Dhoon. 



" I see that mention is made in General Cunningham's Archaeological 

 Report for 1862-63, published in No. CXXIX. of the Journal of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, of the rock inscription near Khalsi in the 

 Pehra Dhoon, to which I drew his attention in 1860. 



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