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compound consonant nga is doubtful, and the tt peculiar, but the 
other letters bear a close resemblance to the modern Bengali.” 
2. irom Captain L. Pelly, late Secretary of Legation in Persia, 
through Sir H. Bartle Frere, a paper containing a narrative of his 
recent journey from Trebizond to Kurraehee. 
Captain Pelly was introduced to the meeting, and gave an inter- 
esting account of his journey. 
His route after leaving the shores of the Black Sea, lay through 
Turkish Armenia by Erzeroum and Byazeed, and thence to Khoee, 
Tabriz and the Koof-lan-koh to Teheran. 
Captain Pelly briefly alluded to the fact of a series of earthquakes 
at Erzeroum in 1859, and mentioned some remarkable caves and 
inscriptions at Anee. He gave also some statistical information 
relative to the trade and revenues of the province of Azerbayjan. 
Fiom Teheran the route lay along the Southern side of the 
Elburz range to Meshed ; thence through the hill track lying along 
the Turcoman frontier, to Khaff, and thence across the desert of 
Ghorian to Herat. 
From Herat he moved by Sebzver, and Anardhurra ; and thence 
by the borders of Laush and Seistan to Hurnah, rejoining the main 
road to Candahar at Shahguz ; whence he proceeded along the 
plain of Buckwah, crossing the Ivhashrood into Washeer, and thence 
diverging Northward to the Helmund at Seah Guz. 
From this point he again struck into the Candahar road near 
Ghirishk, and so reached the former town by Kooslikinakoot. 
Reference was made to a Hill Fort not before visited by an Euro- 
pean, overlooking the plain of Seistan called Sipeli-pot or Ivillah 
Roostum ; also to three partially submerged towns on the Eastern 
shore of the lake of Seistan, named severally Nadali, Kher-Kookh, 
and Goolsepegah. 
Captain Pelly alluded also to three tuppahs or islands with the 
ruins of towns on them situate in the Seistan Lake, and never 
visited in modem times. The island visited by Captain Conolly 
is to the South of the Lake, and is called Khoorja. A sketch of 
Dr. Forbes’ murder was given as detailed by the eldest son of the 
chief who murdered him. 
Fiona Candahar the road taken was through the Kuzzuck Pass, 
across the valley of Pesheen and so to Quetta or Shawlkote. From 
