648 New site of Coal in the Nerbada. [Nov, 



V. — Notice of two beds of Coal discovered by Captain J. R. Ouselet, 

 P. A. to the Commissioner at Hoshangabdd, near Bara Garahwdra, in 

 the Valley of the Narbada, 5th Jan. 1835. PL LIII. 

 Hearing of black stones being found near Mohpdni, seven or eight 

 miles from Chicheli, and 12 or 14 from Garahwdra proper, on the 

 Sakar, I went there, and found, as they described, black stones ; but 

 placing them on the fire, they did not burn. They are in strata of 10 

 feet to 15 feet thick, solid masses, perpendicular, (strata,) as if thrown 

 up by some convulsion of nature, intermixed with strata of grey yellow 

 and brown sandstone, mica-looking grit, (vide A, plan of coal bed,) 

 and marl, on the left bank of the Sita Rewa, which flows along the 

 bottom. I proceeded up the bed of this nalla for about two miles, 

 when I came upon what appears to me to be a very fine bed of coal. 

 The river Sita Rewa, flowing from the south, here emerges from 

 the hills at the N. E. angle of Nimbuagarh, a name given to one of 

 the hills within half a mile of the coal bed. The current has unco- 

 vered for 100 yards the coal : its thickness is unknown as yet ; that 

 exposed, being about 14 feet thick. After so many attempts at 

 discovering coal, which only proved to be mere seams of anthracite, 

 I felt much gratified at discovering so large a bed. The road by 

 which I proceeded up and along the river, I found very bad ; but I 

 returned by a most excellent one, being that used by the villagers for 

 bringing wood from the jungles : the whole way being a plain, and 

 practicable for any kind of carriage. 



At the junction of the Hard and Sakar rivers, I also discovered a 

 bed of coal, seemingly of as good quality : the seam about three feet 

 thick ; but on account of the magnitude of ths other bed, this became 

 an object of less inquiry. I ascertained also that limestone and iron 

 ore were in abundance. 



VI. — Specific name and character of a new species of Cervus, discovered 

 by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. in 1825, and indicated in his Catalogue by 

 the local name of Bahraiya. 



In the catalogue of the Mammalia of Nipal, a new species of 

 Cervus is designated by the local name of Bahraiya, and it is therein 

 remarked, that the species forms, with C. Wallichii, a chain of 

 connexion between the Elaphine and Rusan groups. The horns, 

 which at once fix the specific character and its novelty, were some- 

 time back given in the journal. But these notices having failed to 

 fix attention, and the animal in question being still confounded with 

 the Saumer, Jerow, or Jardi, it may be as well to define the species 

 more precisely, and to give it a scientific name. 

 Genus- — Cervus. Sub- Genus Elaphus, (English Regne Anim.) Cervus 



Elaphoides. Stag-like deer, mihi. 

 C. El. brown-red deer, with moderate-sized, stout, pale horns, 

 branched at the summits, as in Elaphus ; but with no bezantler, 

 and only one browantler to each beam. In stature and aspect, 

 mediate between Hippelaphus and Elaphus. Icon penes nos. 

 Bahraiya of the Cat. Nip. Mam., called Mdha in the Western 

 Tarai. 



