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and soda is yet undetermined. Another stone with which it 

 would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone 

 of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, con- 

 jectured to be a species of nephrite closely allied to axestone, 

 but is of opinion, from subsequent experience, that it will be 

 found distinct from it, and probably a variety of the oriental 

 jade. An analysis of the yu must determine this point, and 

 no analysis that we are aware of has yet been published. 



According to the second volume of the Oriental Magazine, 

 it appears that M. Abel Remusat, in his work entitled " His- 

 toire de la Ville de Khotan," has determined the yu stone to 

 be " nephrit or jade, the species called China or Oriental," 

 and that he was confirmed in this opinion by Mr. Kcinig, of 

 the British Museum, who has declared it to be China jade. 

 There is reason to believe that Mons. Remusat has fallen 

 into a mistake on this subject, by confounding what is com- 

 monly called oriental with China jade. The former is much 

 better known than the latter, and has been ranked with ne- 

 phrite by those who would not class the China stone under 

 the same head ; thus Professor Jamieson admits an Asiatic 

 variety of nephrite, although he refers China jade to prehnite. 

 The minerals known in Europe under the name oriental jade 

 are derived from India, Persia, Siberia, and even from Egypt. 

 Mr. Kbnig might therefore state the yu to be " unquestiona- 

 bly the same as the substance called China jade," without 

 thinking it the same as oriental jade. He particularly states 

 the China jade to be allied to prehnite : but whether the two 

 substances be the same or not, it is singular that Saussure's 

 analysis did not satisfy Mons. Remusat that oriental jade could 

 not be nephrite. 



SUMATRAN ORANG OUTANG. 



Capt. Hull's account of a female orang of large size, taken 

 on the south coast of Sumatra, is exceedingly interesting, in 

 reference to the large male animal of the same species, which 

 is described in the last volume of the Asiatic Transactions. It 

 appears that Capt. Hull having, whilst at Bencoolen, heard 

 of the capture of the last mentioned animal at Truman, dis- 

 patched a young man to the spot where it was taken, in the 

 hope of his meeting with another orang of the same kind. 

 After a lapse of several months he returned to Bencoolen, 

 bringing with him a large female orang, as the fruit of his 

 enterprise. 



On his arrival at Truman, where he was kindly received, 

 he heard various accounts from the natives of the animal he 

 was in search of called by them Orang Mawah, Mawi or 



Mawy. 



