366 Miscellanea. [July, 



■valley of the Nerbudda from TenduJchera to Bittoul, during which he discovered 

 another locality of fossil deposit. It was accompanied by a map of the country. 



This paper and the fossil notices shall be given if possible in our next number, 

 to satisfy the great curiosity excited by the uncommon perfection of the spe- 

 cimens. 



The geological specimens were accompanied by samples of the coal dis- 

 covered by Captain Ouseley^ whose report of progress in examination of 

 the strata was also read. 



IX . — Miscellanea . 



1. — Note on the Locality of Rdjagriha, and Description of the Town of that 

 Name in Behdr, and of a Hot Spring in the neighbouring Hills. 

 Rajagriha was Jarasandha's capital city : — query — is it the Rdjagriha, the 

 capital of Prdchi proper, which was built by Prithu, and taken by Balara'm, 

 brother of Krishna, or is the latter the same as Rdjmehal ? The present village 

 of Rctjagriha, or Rdjgir, contains about 800 or 900 houses, and is situated about 

 13 or 14 miles S. S. W. of the town of Behar, on the north side of a range of hills 

 of that name (Rdjgir) . A little way up a valley, south of the village, are a num- 

 ber of hot-springs, similar to that at Monghlr. In the hottest spring the water 

 stood at 108° in October, when the temperature of the atmosphere was about 70°. 

 The water on a rough examination was found to contain a very minute portion of 

 nitre, or a substance resembling it. These springs are considered sacred by the 

 Hindus. Farther up the valley expands into an open plain, surrounded by hills, 

 about one and a half or two miles in diameter, where in several places the remains of 

 the old city of Jarasandha is pointed out. There is a tradition of a great battle 

 having been fought there between the Jains, under Sreenika Mahdraja, and Jara- 

 sandha, or his successors ; and a cave in the side of one of the hills, (similar in 

 shape to those near Gyah,) is pointed out as the place where one of the parties 

 concealed all his treasure : tradition says, it is still to be found. 



There is still an establishment of Jains in Rdjgir : they have a number of small 

 temples on the tops of the neighbouring hills, and at a place called Pava Puri, 

 six or seven miles east from Rdjgir, in the centre of a small lake, is one of some 

 importance, which is visited by numerous Jains on their way to, and from, Pd- 

 risndth. T. R. 



2. — Note on the Temperature of Wells at Ndhan. 

 With reference to the Rev. Mr. Everest's Remarks on the Climate of the Fossil 

 Elephant, (Art. III. January No.) the following observations relative to the tem- 

 perature of Ndhan, may (in absence of better information) be useful. 



November 7. Temperature of several springs issuing from the north-side of 

 the hill, on which Ndhun is situated, 70:f to 71° ; water exposed in Boulis, 64 

 to 69°. Observation taken in the evening. 



Open air 



shortly 



Shade. 



3 P. M. 



Winds. 



Jov. before sunrise. 



10 a. m. 



shade. 





7 50 9 





62 9 



65 



S. W. cloudy. 



8 59 





64 



67 9 



S. W. 61§ shortly after sun-set. 



9 56 





64 



65 



W. 67° 2 p. m. 



10 56 







64 





