420 



Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



[Sept. 



call the Cholera Khla-na, which means sickness that comes occasionally. About 

 four years ago this dreadful scourge appeared in this town of Rangoon and carried 

 off 3,500 of its inhabitants. 



4- 



-Rain at Ch 



'rra Punji, registered by W. Cracroft, Esq. 





1832. 



inches. 





inches. 





inches. 



June 1 to 1 7 



6.45 



July 12 



0.450 



August 6 



5.805 



18 



2.24 



13 



1.150 



7 



0.937 



19 



1.40 



14 



1.420 



8 



0.680 



20 



4.91 



15 



5.169 



9 



1.987 



21 



4.76 



16 



7.597 



10 



1.155 



22 



1.04 



17 



5.250 



11 



0.517 



23 



notmeas. 



18 



5.860 



12 



0.0 



24 



1.04 



19 



3.390 



13 



0.0 



25 



2.39 



20 



0.701 



14 



0.060 



26 



2.22 



21 



not meas. 



15 



0.915 



27 



0.0 



22 



do. 



16 



1.150 



28 



0.0 



23 



2.490 



17 



0.407 



29 



1.85 



24 



not meas. 



18 



0.765 



30 



1.40 



25 



4.869 



19 



0.0 



July I 



1.95 



26 



0.0 



20 



7.812 



2 



1.83 



27 



0.0 



21 



2.862 



3 



2.12 



28 



1.350 



22 



4.420 



4 



4.57 



29 



1.355 



23 



1.595 



5 



9.73 



30 



0.0 



24 



2.425 



6 



4.11 



31 



2.642 



25 i 



not meas. 



7 



1.33 



August 1 



not meas. 



26 



1.087 



8 



1.837 



2 



2.715 



27 



2.650 



9 



1.247 



3 



2.862 



28 



2.170 



10 



0.0 



4 



2.690 



29 



2.050 



11 



1.287 



5 



not meas. 



30 

 31 



0.405 

 2.265 







For 16 



days of Jun 



J, 28.58 inches. 









In Jul] 



r, 73.724 











In Aug 



52.386 





Total rain 154.690 

 For the first 22 days, the measurements were taken by means of a glass bottle 

 and funnel; — afterwards, by an accurately constructed tin pluviameter. 



5. — Method of ascertaining the Humidity of the Soil, from an Arabic work, — 

 communicated by Mulvi Abdul Mujid. 



" I find in a book of Agriculture, that if any one wish to know the proximity 

 or distance of water, he is to dig three or four cubits in the earth, then to take a 

 pot of brass, or a pitcher of earth, and besmear the inside evenly with fat ; let the 

 pot have a wide mouth, and when the sun sets, let him take a quantity of white 

 wool, combed and washed, and a stone of the size of an egg ; wrap this wool 

 round it like a ball, and moistening the side of the ball with melted wax, 

 attach it to the bottom of the pot already smeared with grease, then throw it to 

 the bottom of the hole that has been dug, so that the wool will be dependent, and the 

 wax will retain it, and it will be dependent to the place of the stone*: then pile upon 



* This passage is unintelligible in the original : it means apparently that the pot shall 

 be placed in an inverted position in the well, so that the stone enclosed in the cotton and 

 attached to the bottom of the earthen vessel with wax, shall hang in an insulated position 

 in the hollow space ; any moisture rising from the ground would thus be deposited 

 in minute drops upon the cotton. 



