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little drawn aside at times; but these I see are on- 
ly temporary wanderings, and of, trivial conse- 
quence. Continue to have your eye steadily fixed on 
promoting the general interests of humanity ; and 
firmly determine to follow truth through good re- 
port, and bad report, as Iam glad to see you have 
hitherte dove, and you have nothing to fear. The 
fourteenth volume had reached Bermuda before I 
‘Jeft it, but I had seen only the thirteenth, for I was 
told just as 1 was stepping into the vefsel, that Dir 
Wells had that very morning received the fonrceenth 
gt ee 
Toiuine. Uitering my vest acknowieogement|t to your 
corresponae 1£ fo ois oO liging re= 
membrance of me, £ remain Nii esteem your sins 
ae . 3 
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London, dugust} SENEx*, 
BA 2O2. 5 
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On BORAX. 
For the Bee. 
The following letter from Patna was transmitted in apacket from Dr 
Anderson oi Wadras, dated the 28 February last. It contains a very 
dist nc: account of the formation of Borax; and gives a view of the 
natural state of some of the internal provinces in India, that will 
prove interesting to European readers. One of the most strik- 
img differences between Asia and Europe seems to be, that the for- 
mer has a much greater tendency .o produce natural saline concre- 
tions of various sorts than the iatter. Ifthe fact be admitted, it 
would prove an interesting disquisitiea to disccver the circumstan- 
ces that tend to produce this effect. 
* The translatiop above named is thankfully received, ‘and wiil be 
inserted with the earliest opportunity: 
