1891.] Col. Waterliouse — Remarks on the note hy Mr. McCarren. 75 



3. What is the direction of the prevailing wind at the time when 

 the explosions are the most frequent ? 



The wind was blowing from the N. W. when the last explosion 

 occurred. 



4. Is the noise accompanying them sufficiently loud to be heard 

 at a great distance ; and is it possible that it could be heard on the 

 other side of the Bay of Bengal ? 



From enquiries I have made, and the number of times I have heard 

 the noise accompanying the explosion, I do not think the sound could 

 be heard at over 70 miles. 



The natives here tell me that in April and May near the com- 

 mencement of the rains they hear three or four very loud reports coming 

 from the west, i. e., the sea. That these reports are entirely different from 

 the sounds produced by the surf on the coast, and are like the reports 

 from the firing off of cannon. That in August and September near 

 the end of the rains they hear the same sort of sounds which are again 

 three or four in number, — that during no other time of the year do they 

 hear these sounds. They of course cannot tell what are the causes of 

 these reports, but they think they are in connection with the beginning 

 and ending of the rains. 



I have made arrangements with the headmen of the different 

 villages along the coast, that when they hear these reports this year to 

 come and give me the particulars. I will be on the qui vive myself 

 and trust I will be able to get the exact date of each report. 



The following paper was read : — 



1. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, No. 3. By 

 Geoege King, M. B., LL. D., F. B. S., F. L. S., Superintendent of the 

 Jloyal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



LlBI\AI\Y. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 meeting held in March last. 



Tl^NSACTIONS, Pl^OCEEDlNGS AND JOUF^NALS, 

 presented hy the respective Societies and Editors, 

 Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University, — Circulars, Vol. X, N"o. 85. 

 Batavia. Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, — 

 Notulen, Deel XXVIII, Aflevering 3. 



