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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  Silica 
  44-64 
  

  

  Alumina 
  35*36 
  

  

  Iron, 
  peroxide 
  -3-52 
  

  

  Iron, 
  protoxide 
  0*30 
  

  

  Manganese, 
  protoxide 
  O20 
  

  

  Lime 
  0-90 
  

  

  Magnesia 
  0*36 
  

  

  Soda 
  1-44 
  

  

  Potash 
  10-68 
  

  

  Loss 
  by 
  ignition 
  .... 
  2*80 
  

  

  100-20 
  

  

  Oxygen. 
  

   23-176 
  

   16-528 
  \ 
  

   1-056/ 
  

   0-0661 
  

   0-044 
  | 
  

   0-255 
  

   0-142 
  

   0-368 
  

   1-810 
  

  

  > 
  

  

  23-176 
  

   17-584 
  

  

  2-685 
  

  

  This 
  corresponds 
  to 
  (Si0 
  3 
  : 
  K 
  2 
  3 
  : 
  RO) 
  =(7*908 
  : 
  6 
  : 
  0-916). 
  

  

  Extracts 
  from 
  Letters 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  further 
  Discovery 
  of 
  Fossil 
  

   Teeth 
  and 
  Bones 
  of 
  Reptiles 
  in 
  Central 
  India. 
  By 
  the 
  late 
  

   Rev. 
  S. 
  Hislop. 
  

  

  [Communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  Rupert 
  Jones, 
  F.G.S.] 
  

   (Read 
  December 
  16, 
  1863*.) 
  

   The 
  following 
  extracts 
  from 
  letters, 
  relating 
  to 
  late 
  discoveries, 
  by 
  

   the 
  Rev. 
  S. 
  Hislop 
  and 
  Major 
  Gowan, 
  of 
  fossil 
  Bones 
  in 
  Central 
  

   India, 
  are 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  Society, 
  not 
  only 
  as 
  being 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  

   themselves, 
  but 
  as 
  being 
  the 
  last 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Hislop, 
  whose 
  sudden 
  removal, 
  in 
  the 
  prime 
  of 
  life, 
  we 
  most 
  deeply 
  

   feel. 
  — 
  T, 
  R. 
  Jones. 
  

  

  From 
  Letter, 
  April 
  7th, 
  1862. 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  country 
  all 
  around 
  Kota 
  is 
  

   the 
  most 
  interesting 
  geological 
  locality 
  in 
  the 
  Central 
  Province. 
  

   Often 
  would 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  visit 
  it 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  far, 
  and 
  my 
  duty 
  does 
  not 
  

   carry 
  me 
  there. 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  learn 
  about 
  it 
  by 
  messengers. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  friend 
  of 
  mine, 
  at 
  my 
  request, 
  lately 
  visited 
  Malecft, 
  and, 
  I 
  

   understand, 
  has 
  found 
  something 
  new, 
  but 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   yet 
  heard. 
  All 
  my 
  acquisitions 
  from 
  that 
  spot 
  I 
  have 
  lately 
  

   entrusted 
  to 
  a 
  lady, 
  who 
  leaves 
  Calcutta 
  by 
  steamer 
  tomorrow, 
  

   and 
  who, 
  I 
  trust, 
  will 
  reach 
  London 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May. 
  

   She 
  carries 
  with 
  her 
  all 
  the 
  bones 
  mentioned 
  in 
  p. 
  202, 
  ' 
  Bombay 
  

   Asiatic 
  Soc. 
  Journal,' 
  xxi., 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  interesting, 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  the 
  jaws, 
  thickly 
  set 
  with 
  teeth, 
  and 
  grooved, 
  as 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   by 
  an 
  upper 
  jaw, 
  narrow 
  and 
  sharp, 
  like 
  a 
  knife-edge. 
  This 
  must 
  

   be 
  something 
  new. 
  Oldham 
  does 
  not 
  think 
  the 
  vertebrae 
  Dicyno- 
  

   dont. 
  All 
  the 
  bones 
  sent 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  clay, 
  

   near 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  proof 
  that 
  they 
  all 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  same 
  animal 
  You 
  remember, 
  Male<ft 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  

  

  were 
  discovered 
  the 
  Ceratodus-teeth 
  described 
  by 
  Oldham 
  in 
  Mem. 
  

   Ind. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  vol. 
  i. 
  p. 
  295." 
  

  

  Letter, 
  August 
  11th, 
  1863. 
  — 
  " 
  When 
  Prof. 
  Huxley 
  is 
  de- 
  

   scribing 
  Reptilian 
  Remains 
  from 
  India, 
  will 
  you 
  kindly 
  see 
  that 
  he 
  

   gets 
  the 
  specimens 
  from 
  MaletZi 
  to 
  examine 
  ? 
  He 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  in 
  them, 
  and 
  will 
  do 
  them 
  every 
  justice. 
  I 
  have 
  got 
  more 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  the 
  other 
  communications 
  read 
  at 
  this 
  Evening-meeting, 
  see 
  p. 
  11G. 
  

  

  