798 Specimens of the Soil and Salt from [Dec. 



Besides this, it suffers a good deal by the neglect of the Musalmans, 

 who do not repair it. The door, which has been entirely eaten by 

 worms, opens towards the east, and has a sight of the other two 

 cupolas. They excel in material and handsomeness the others of 

 Uch, except that of " Bibi Jind Vadi." 



" Bibi Jind Vadi" was one of the descendants of Shah Siad Ja- 

 lal, of whom I have already spoken. The dome in which she sleeps 

 is erected of burnt bricks, which are cemented by mortar. The 

 whole of the edifice is ornamented by various hues and lapis lazuli 

 of the celebrated mines of Badakhshdn. The size of this grand 

 building may be estimated at about 50 feet high, and the circum- 

 ference 25. 



Though the clouds had unluckily obscured the light of the day, 

 still we endeavoured to take a sketch of the Bibi Jind Vadi's mau- 

 soleum by means of the camera obscura. I herewith enclose a copy 

 of it — [which we omit for reasons given on a formar occasion. — Ed.] 



IX. — Specimens of the Soil and Salt from the Sdmar, or Satnbhur 

 lake salt-works. Collected by Lieut. Arthur Conolly - , and analyzed 

 by Mr. J. Stephenson. 



It is now more than a year since I received from my friend Lieut. 

 A. Conolly the specimens named at the head of this article. They 

 were on a very large scale, and packed up so carefully as to exhibit 

 on arrival, almost as perfect a picture of the process and progress of 

 the salt manufacture at the celebrated lakes of Sdmar, as could be 

 obtained by a personal visit to the spot. 



At my request, Mr. Stephenson submitted such of the specimens 

 as seemed to require it, to chemical examination in my laboratory, 

 and where the results were unexpected, I verified them myself by 

 re- examination. My sole reason for delaying the publication of 

 these very interesting memoranda was, that I was in hopes Lieut. 

 Conolly would favor me with a full account of the manufacture, 

 which, however, public business and subsequently ill health obliged 

 him to postpone — -and thus time has crept on until the specimens 

 themselves have nearly dissolved away in the damp air of the last 

 rains ; and unless I place on record what I already possess, there will 

 hereafter be no means of consulting the perishable materials to pre- 

 pare another report. 



The labels which accompanied the parcel were so full and explicit, 

 that, when followed by the chemical notes referring to the numbered 

 specimens, they formed nearly as comprehensive a view of the opera- 



