140 Scientific Proceedings, Hoy at Dublin Society. 



some extent be identified, it was seven days' journey (about 150 

 miles) east of Golconda. 



At it was found tlie famous Great Moghul diamond, which by 

 some is considered to have been the Koli-i-noor ; it then weighed 

 900 carats. 



SOUMELPOUR, NOT IDENTICAL WITH SaMBALPUR, ON THE 



Mahanadi. 



The Soumelpour of Tavernier on the Gouel river, has been 

 identified by most writers (Karl Eitter being perhaps the only 

 exception), with the modern Sambalpur, and I regret to say that 

 when writing my paper I did not give Tavernier sufficient credit 

 for geographical knowledge, and in spite of his saying that the 

 washinofs were in the Gouel river which flowed northwards to 

 the Ganges, I followed suit in locating Soumelpour on the 

 Mahanadi river. 



There can be no doubt, however, that the Gouel river was the 

 Koel, and that Soumelpour was situated in the district of 

 Palamow somewhere, not very far from Lat. 23° 53' 30", Long. 

 84° 33'. 



Beiragurh identical with Weiragurh. 



I mentioned in my paper a locality — Beiragurh — as having 

 been alluded to by early historians as the site of a diamond 

 mine, and I quoted several suggestions as to its identity. * I 

 now find that it is the same place as the modern Weiragurh in 

 Lat. 20° 2(i', Long. 79° 31' 30", and which I have described in 

 my paper on page 576. 



I hope to publish the details of the above identifications in the 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, where they will have 

 the advantage of local criticism. The above sketch of the results 

 will probably be deemed sufficient as a correction of and addition 

 to my former paper read before this Society. 



Calcutta, 8th Dec, 1880. 



