JOURNAL 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



Extract of a Letter from Dr. Jameson to Mr. Clerk. 



In Camp, Kalabagh on the Indus, November 15th 1841. 

 Since the 13th ultimo I have been engaged in examining the 

 country between this and Mare. It is not my intention at present to 

 give you any detailed account of the district that I have surveyed, as 

 I am still among the same series of rocks ; viz. Saliferous system ; which 

 extends uninterruptedly from this to Jubalpore. 



The coal met with at Kalabagh occurs in thin seams, in a white 

 sandstone that alternates with the red marls in which the rock salt and 

 gypsum are imbedded. The largest seam is in breadth about seventeen 

 inches, consisting partly of coal, sandstone, and mineral sulphur. Al- 

 ready about two thousand maunds have been collected, and brought 

 to the town, which is on the banks of the Indus, from the different loca- 

 lities ; but the people have such ideas of its value, it being used by them 

 for medicinal purposes only, as to demand a most exorbitant price for it, 

 viz. four rupees per pucka maund ! 



A boat belonging to the Hon'ble Company has been here for five 

 months waiting the delivery of the coal, but the orders issued by the 

 Malik, (Governor,) of the district are, that until it is paid for, none is to 

 be delivered. As the seams from whence the small quantity of coal 

 procured are, owing to their thinness, of no value, and not worth 

 working I shall spend some time here in order to make a minute 

 survey ; I shall then proceed up the river as far as Sharki in the boat, 

 there being no route along either bank, in order to examine the geolo- 

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