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and their desire to further its objects. But the limits of this Report forbid a 

 detailed enumeration, and oblige the Council to restrict itself to the notice of 

 a few only of those contributions which appear to possess peculiar interest or 

 value. 



Captain James Low has forwarded to the Society a voluminous manuscript 

 account of Tenasserim, drawn up by himself during his residence in that country, 

 and illustrated with numerous maps and drawings. 



Of the interesting and original information which the author has collected by 

 personal observation and inquiry, the Society has had an opportunity of judging 

 from the extracts which have been read at its late meetings ; and the Council 

 further intends to enrich, from time to time, the pages of the Journal with the more 

 attractive portions of the work. 



Mr. Shakespear has presented a copy of the third edition of his Hindustani and 

 English Dictionary, of which the learned and indefatigable author has enhanced 

 the value (already so high in the estimation of the first Hindustani scholars), 

 not only by numerous additions in the body of the work, but also by appending a 

 copious index, fitting it to serve all the purposes of an English and Hindustani, as 

 well as a Hindustani and English dictionary. The ** Additional Part," embody- 

 ing a large collection of words in the Dakhani dialect, supplies a desideratum long 

 felt by the Hindustani student. 



There has also been received from the learned Professor GarQin de Tassy his cri- 

 tical edition of the complete works of Waif, a highly popular Hindustani poet. 

 The publication of this work, written in the dialect of the Dekkan, supplies another 

 desideratum in Hindustani literature, and forms a seasonable and useful accompa- 

 niment to the work above mentioned. 



Professor Flugel has presented his accurate edition of ihe Arabic text of the 

 Koran, printed in a beautiful and distinct type, cut expressly for the purpose, 

 under the superintendence of Tauchnitz, the spirited publisher of the work. 



To that distinguished hydrographer, Mr. John Arrowsmith, the Society is in- 

 debted for the valuable present of his " London Atlas of Universal Geography, 

 exhibiting the physical and statistical Divisions of the various Countries of the 

 World." 



This work, the fruit of much patient and laborious research, and embodying tho 

 results of the latest discoveries of travellers, reflects equal credit on the industry 

 and talents of its author. 



From the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Society has received a copy of the 

 " Dictionary of the Tibetan Language," by M. Csoma de Koros, the learned 

 Hungarian, of whom a biographical notice appeared in the first volume of the 

 Society's Journal. 



Ram Comul Sen, of Calcutta, has forwarded a copy of his " Dictionary, English 

 and Bengali, compiled from Tod's edition of Johnson's English Dictionary." 



The establishment of a printing-press at Teheran, by the late Abbas Mfrza, 

 must suggest the most agreeable anticipates to the minds of all who rejoice in 

 the spread of civilisation, or take an interest in the progress of Asiatic improve- 

 ment. 



To the kindness of Dr. M'Neil the Council has to acknowledge its obligations 

 for the possession of nine folio volumes, the first of the series issued from the Te- 

 heran press. They consist of a well-printed edition of the Koran in Arabic ; and 

 of the theological works of Muhammed Bakir, comprising a history of the pro- 

 phets, from Adam to Muhammed, an account of Muhammed and his companions, 

 and a body of theology, according to the Shiah doctrines. 



