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reduced metal sent with the ores is of a very fine color and highly malleable, 
Doctor Thompson, 20 years ago, analyzed the ore and found it to contain, 
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Four different varieties examined by the Secretary contained from 13 to 47 per 
cent. of red oxide of iron and silex. The appearance of the ore seems to promise 
ample success to those who have engaged in the working of these mines. 
Specimens of the copper ore of Nipal were presented by the Resident 
Mr. B. H. Hodgson. 
This ore is a sulphuret of copper, mixed with a large proportion of ferruginous 
sulphuret. 
A stuffed albatross, presented by Mr. J. Kyd on the part of Captain 
Henry Hutchinson of the Ship Lord Wm. Bentinck. 
Some fossil bones supposed to belong to the Drenti or the Dodo, from the 
Isle of France, presented by C. Telfair, Esq. 
Also a specimen of the silk produced from the Madagascar worm, by the 
same gentleman. 
This silk is reported by competent judges in Calcutta to be “‘ well reeled in the 
Italian method—the thread is harsh, uneven, and gouty, of 14 or 16 cocoons. The 
specimen appears old and damaged.” 
Specimens of the Scincus Bojerii and the S. Boutonii (J. Duss.), and the 
squille de YI. Maurice, preserved in spirits ; also some fossil bones of the 
turtle discovered in an estate at Flacq, in the Mauritius. By Mons. 
J. Desjardins. 
A letter was read from Monsieur Desjardins, Secretary to the Mauritius ~ 
Society, presenting to the Asiatic Society, manuscript copies of 24 notes, 
memoirs, descriptions, &c. composed by himself, on various subjects of na- 
tural history. Several of them have been published in the scientific jour- 
nals of Europe. 
The first two papers relate to the organization of the Society for the study of 
natural history in the island, to which allusion was made in the JOURNAL, Vol. i.157, 
There are also the rules and the report of the third anniversary meeting, (we have 
already received the two former reports.) Of Monsieur Desjardins’ contributions 
to natural history, the following list will give the most flattering proof. 
Sur une couleuvre prise vivante a l’Ile Maurice, 1829. 
Description physique del’Ile d’Ambre, 1829. 
Ditto de la Becasse de Maurice. 
Ditto d’une caverne située 4 la riviere du rempart, 1829. 
Ditto des mammiféres de l’Ile Maurice. 
Ditto des 20 oiseaux de Madagascar. 
Sur une annelide du genre Erpobdelle, (Lam.) 
