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sence of the latter. I also forward a specimen of an ore which is abun- 

 dant in the bed of the Maglung ; being no mineralist, I will not venture 

 to pronounce an opinion as to the nature of the metal it contains*. 

 I inquired of the kubas, who could give me no information on the subject. 

 I enjoyed a coal fire every evening during my progress up the Maylung ; 

 it burned well, but the smell was somewhat strong ; there are quantities of 

 it to be found in all parts of the bed of the nala, the kubas say it is 

 petrified teak charcoal : an opinion in which I am inclined to agree, as 

 I saw immense logs of that timber, which were undergoing the change to 

 petrifaction ; and parts which were partially burnt, were to all appear- 

 ance the same as the coal. I have got specimens of the coal and petri- 

 fied teak, but do not send them, having sent some four or five years ago, 

 to Mr. Tucker ; I also perceived a notice on the subject by Dr. Ri- 

 chardson : should you wish it, I will send them on hearing from you. 

 The kubas and nagas use the petrified teak for striking fire to tinder ; 

 there is one peculiarity respecting its locality which struck me, it is that 

 I have only observed it (in all places between Mulphoo and Sunayachil), 

 at about the same distance from the Ningthee, that is, at the foot of the 

 last range of the Augoching hills on their eastern side. 



VII. — Note on Indian Saline Deposits. By the Reverend R. Everest. 



[Read inthePhys. CI. on the 4th April, 1832.] 



Some months ago I had the honour of laying before the Society 

 my views respecting the deposits of common salt in the soil of the 

 Bundelkhand country, as mentioned by Capt. Franklin, and also 

 those of the Bhartpur district, as mentioned by an anonymous 

 writer, in the Gleanings. I then ventured an opinion, that these 

 deposits were not to be considered as characteristic of the new-red- 

 sandstone, partly because their chemical composition differed from 

 that of the rock-salt deposits in Europe : the Bhartpur deposits 

 being stated to consist of muriate, with some sulphate and carbo- 

 nate of soda ; the rock-salt of Cheshire, on the other hand, being 

 composed principally of muriate of soda, with some sulphate of 

 lime ; and partly, because it was in no wise proved that these depo- 

 sits were connected with the sandstone formation itself, further than 

 by their existence in the superincumbent soil. I now beg to call 

 your attention to the newly discovered saline deposit in the plain 



* Iron pyrites. 



