262 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Junb, 



The thanks of the Society were voted for the several communications of 

 the evening. 



Kasya Coal. 



Mr. W. Cracroft's information respecting two new localities of the Kasya 

 Coal is contained in his letters addressed to the Honorable Sir Edward Ryan, 

 dated May, 1832, from which the following are extracts. 



" I hasten to give you a piece of information, which will interest you. I have 

 just returned from Sanarim, where Mr. Furnell discovered a stratum of Coal 

 cropping out on the side of a hill. I went down to examine it instantly, and found 

 it with its cieling of new sandstone of an ochry color ; below that a stratum of 

 six inches light bituminous coal, a little tinged with ochre : next a stratum of 18 

 inches fine bituminous coal ; under this, slate very bituminous, about six inches, 

 and a floor of bituminous sandstone, to what depth I know not ; it extended right 

 and left as far as the jangal would permit us to see, and had little or no dip in 

 any direction. The accompanying sketch (Plate VI. fig. 4) will give you a better 

 idea of it than my verbal description. I send you specimens of all but the 

 sandstone, which was lost on the i*oad. 



23rd. — " In consequence of our desire for coal becoming known at Chirra 

 Punji, two specimens were brought me yesterday, one of which resembled the 

 Sanarim bituminous coal, the other the slate, I therefore inquired for some one 

 to shew me whence they came. To-day we mounted our horses, Col. Watson, Mr. 

 Rhodes, Mr. Furnell, and myself, accompanied by nine coolies with pickaxes, &c. 

 and were conducted to the foot of the limestone hill, west of the Sanatarium. 

 After passing the stratum of limestone, we came to sandstone, and were shown 

 a stratum of coal, (specimen No. 1,) two feet eight inches thick, with a roof 

 (No. 2) ; below the coal, was No. 3, but we could see no further. This was 

 satisfactory enough, so we left our coolies to load themselves with coal, and Mr. F. 

 and myself mounted still higher to see if there might not be another stratum. 

 We passed various sorts of sandstone, climbing nearly perpendicularly about 

 sixty feet, where we found lumps of fine coal bedded in clay ; and proceeding at 

 an angle of about 35 degrees, perceived evidently another stratum cropping out, 

 but buried in the clay. Leaving this we reached the top of the hill, whence we 

 enjoyed a beautiful view of the Sanatarium, Our guide brought us back by an 

 easier road ; but imagine our delight, at finding in our descent the continuation of 

 the lower stratum of coal perfectly bared, perpendicular from top to bottom • 

 here I of course took new measurements and specimens, of which 



A is the roof. 



B bituminous coal, 2 feet. 



C slaty coal of various consistence, 2 feet 4 in. 



D coal tinged with other joints nearly perpendicular, 2 feet l|inch. 

 Depth of the coal stratum 6 feet 5§ in. 



E is a specimen of the floor. 



F found at top. 



The rock being nearly perpendicular enabled me to come to pretty accurate 

 measurement, and I found the shell limestone between 40 and 50 feet below 

 the coal. I measured more than 39 feet of the stratum of limestone, and estimated 

 about twice as much more below that, but the quality and texture are not quite 

 the same, (but of this hereafter.) I consider the highest point we reached, to be 



