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ness. No. 4, Iron stone and shale ; lies next above No. 3, and is five inches in 
thickness. Resting on 4, is a stratum of coal in such very thin plates, that it 
\vas difficult to obtain any specimen larger than No. 5, a three inch stratum. No. 6, 
ochry brown iron ore, lies immediately above No. 5, commences where the 
coal first appears, and only continues visible for a few feet, a five inch stratum. 
Above all is a stratum of sandstone 11 feet high, which shoots up above the 
alluvial soil, and overhangs the coal bed, which the current has worn away. 
X. Proceedings of Societies. 
1. — Asiatic Society. 
At a Meeting held on Wednesday, the 7tli September, 1831. G. Swinton, Esq.n 
^ Messrs' Burnouf, Lassen, and Langlois, were unanimously elected Honor, try 
M m“!Tco 1™, proposed by Mr. J. Prinsep. seconded by Mr Wibon. 
Mr De Nove proposed by Captain Proyer, seconded by the Rev. J • 
The SecreLyTuLitted 7 th/annual amount with Mess* Mackintosh 
shewing a balance in favour of the Society of Rupees 10,1 . , 
lector’s report of collections and outstanding bills on the 31st of ’ T la . 
Read a letter from Mr. Da Costa, requesting subscription to a ltisian 
tion of the Elements of General History. 
Resolved, that the Society decline subscribing. 
For the Museum. fnchi- 
A specimen of China Grass, from Cuttack, and also a species of Country t 
neal, were presented by the Rev. Mr. Garrow. 
A model of a Kettle, by Raja Kaleekrisheu. 
A skin of a large Snake, by Mr. Davis. 
For the Library. . ^.nfMr. 
The 7th volume of his Ottoman History was presented m the name 
V °Thf thirTnumber of Vijara presented by Professor Ottman Trant. 
Several numbers of the Journal Asiatique from the Editois. 
The following Books received from the Booksellers : . f France, 
Hardwick’s Zoology, 3 numbers ; Cabinet Cyclopteclia ; Hi. c a |. 
voh 2 rwestern Worid, vol. 1 ; Herschcl’s Natural Science ; Mission to the 
Metrological Registers for June and July, from the Surveyor Gen'd’ 
0 Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be communicated to the donors 
above contributions. . „ . , A \ bv Lieut. Couolly. 
Some Persian Coins, collected by Colonel Wilson, and otheis by 
were laid on the table, with drawings by Mr. J. Prmsep. presented 1 * 
An abstract of the H,Dulva, or first portion of the Kah-Gyur meetlD g. 
Mr. Csoma de Kooroos, of which a notice by the Secretaiy was lead 
Colonel Wilson’s collection comprises ia i symbols a 1115 
1st. Thirteen silver coins of the Arsacid® dynasty, with the ua ? kW os. 
inscriptions. &a<n\evs /3atnAe6W Apmrjs 5t « at0 [ e N J m isniatic bi s ^ ( 
Most of them could be recognized m Vaillant s work f < Mitbr^j 
of the Arsacidoe. It was supposed that one coin bore the ^name o the ^ 
in Phoenician characters, but nearer inspection shews it to b ^ 
Bacri\eoos badly executed. _ . , j nn the rev er f ’ 
2d. Two silver coins having on the obverse a Grecian ^head (perW 
species of sceptre, encircled with a wreath, with the wort Timotheos Di° n 5 
emcAetaw) TiyoOeos ; on the other ayvua Sicov— Aa/tuAos. A 
reigned in Heraclia Pontica, a. c. 35(i (Pinkerton, I . ■) , head and me, 
3d. Six silver coins of the Sassanite dynasty ; a the 
inscription on the obverse, the fire altar and two attenda P an equ eS m 
4th. Also some Alexandrine and Roman coins : one ® w hich c ° u C 
figure on one side, and on the other a man riding upon a o p , 
be traced in any work of reference in the Society’s Libiaiy. 
