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the Satyasraya Kula, conspicuous among the Chalukyas, &c, in 

 S. S. 1078 corresponding with A. D. 1151. 



Fig 10 is an iron weight bearing the stamp of the Salva standard, 

 obtained from Narayanavaram. It exhibits the figure of the boar 

 and sword with the sun and moon and on the back are the words 

 Pramadicha sa. (mvat-sara) vi. (sam.) 1, signifying that this 

 weight of 1 vis was stamped in the cycle year. It weighs exactly 

 3lbs. 1 oz. 4drs. 



Fig 11 is an iron measure marked like the preceding and in- 

 cribed with the words Pramadicha sa. sardha pa, which stand for 

 Pramadicha Sa (mvatsara) halfpa(di.) The depth is 5-6 inches 

 the diameter at the top 4*2 and at the bottom 3-9 and the weight 

 of the water it held at 81° Fah. was 1 lb. 19 oz.16 drs. 2 grs.=62f 

 cubic inches. 



Fig 12 is an iron quarter vis of octagon shape with the sword 

 sun and moon engraved upon it, and the year Pramadicha sa. vi. [ 

 the latter mark indicating one quarter in Telugu notation. Its 

 weight is 12 oz. 2 drachms. 



SELECTIONS. 



Observation on the Poison of the Upas Antiar. By Professor 

 Albert Kolliker. 



During my stay in England, in the autumn of 1857, I was so 

 fortunate as to acquire the rare poison of the famous Antiaris toxi- 

 caria (Lesch), with which no experiments have been tried since 

 the time of Magendie, Brodie, Horsfield, Schnell and Emmert 

 (1809-1815). I owe my specimens of the Antiar poison to my 

 friend Professor Christison, of Edinburgh, who had it from Borneo, 

 and to Dr. Horsfield, of London, who collected it himself during 

 his stay at Java in the beginning of this- century, and as both spe- 

 cimens were fully active, as some preliminary experiments made 

 in company with my friends, Dr. Sharpey and Dr. Allen Thomson 

 showed, I thought it well worth while to devote some time to the 

 study of the poison, and to try to elucidate its manner of action on 



