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8. As to Dr. Forbes and others calling sd an intensive, when asso- 

 ciated with an adjective, I never met an example which could lead me 

 to that conclusion. In such expressions as thord sd pdni Id, o ; bahut se 



hathydr ivahdh the, &c, sd serves as a limitation or restriction on the 

 main idea ; and, therefore, such phrases must be understood thus : — 

 ' bring rather a little water 'a good many (not very many) weapons 

 were there,' &c. To put an end to debate upon this trifle, I lately obtained 

 the opinion of gentlemen long resident in India, and also of Mir Ali, 

 through a very able pupil of his, with whom I corresponded when in the 

 country. 



9. Mdnancl. Of this preposition Dr. Forbes writes, p. 98 — " There is 

 one peculiarity attending some of the feminine prepositions .... We 

 have excellent authority for saying that mdnand (and three others), 

 when they precede the substantive, require the genitive in he ; and 

 when they follow, they require hi." Professor Williams merely says 

 that mdnand, bamadad, and tarafmay take hi when they follow the re- 

 gimen — Introduction, p. 53 ; and Mr. Shakspeare, Grammar, p. 79, note, 

 speaking of mdnand in this situation, declares it is sometimes constructed 

 with he, and sometimes with hi. The latter is certainly the ordinary 

 construction, but not the only one. An instance of he occurs in Fable 5 

 of Shakspeare's Munta/^abat-i Hindi : us ne us jaivdn ho auron he md- 

 nand Wihjdl hiya. 



Sir W. R. Wilde made a presentation of, and a described, a collection 

 of Animal Remains and Flint Implements, found in the cave at Perigord 

 by Messrs. Christy and Lartet ; also the work of those gentlemen, en- 

 titled "Cavernes de Perigord ;" a shilling of Henry YIIL, from the Rev. 

 F. A. Donovan ; and a shilling of Queen Elizabeth, from the Rev. Tho- 

 mas Langan. 



The Librarian, on the part of the Master of the Rolls of England, 

 presented thirty-four volumes of the Calendars and Historical Works 

 now appearing under his superintendence. 



The Secretary, on the part of the Hon. T. D. M'Gee, presented a 

 copy of his " Popular History of Ireland ;" also several Works relating 

 to Canada and its Resources. 



The marked thanks of the Academy were returned to the several 

 donors. 



MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1865. 



The Veey Rev. Chaeles Geaves, D. D., President, in the Chair. 



It was Resolved, — That the sum of £50 be granted to the Council 

 for the purchase of Antiquities, and the arrangement of the Museum. 



