1839.] Trochilus and Crocodde of Herodotus. o91 



The Crocodile is not said by Herodotus to be sleeping during the 

 operation, as Mr. Wilkinson asserts, otherwise the observation, " that 

 pleased with the service, he never injures the Trochilus/' would be 

 absurd ufcXevfisvog riSerai /cat ovSev alverai rov rpoyfkov' 



Fourthly, as to the polite understanding which Mr. Wilkinson 

 presumes, this may appear strange to a person only acquainted 

 with wild animals as seen in showmen's caravans and menageries, 

 but not to those who have studied their habits in their native haunts. 

 The facts relating to this subject are worthy of more consideration 

 than I can give them, without deviating from my present purpose ; I 

 will therefore only add, that I believe the common Paddy bird of 

 Bengal to be the Trochilus of Herodotus, or a bird of the same genus. 

 Now both Europeans and Bengallees agree in asserting, that this 

 bird is constantly seen standing on the head of the Crocodile, and 

 though I never heard any one assert that he saw it in the act of 

 picking his teeth for him ; I think it will be admitted that the visit is 

 not without an object. 



I am, dear Sir, 



Cossipore, Yours very truly, 



September, 1839. W. C. Hurry. 



Art. VI. — Documents relative to the application of Camel Draught 



to Carriages ; communicated by C. B. Greenlaw, Esq., Secretary to 



the Bengal Steam Committee. 



At a period when the applications of steam to locomotive purposes 

 absorb the attention of the civilized communities of the world, it may 

 seem almost too late to propose new directions of animal power to this 

 object. The copious extracts we now publish from the documents of 

 the " Steam Committee" and of other authorities, will place the subject 

 in a different light. We willingly devote our pages to its consideration, 

 in the conviction of its great value to all classes of Indian Society. 



The discovery of the applicability of the Camel to the draught of 

 carriages of every kind, we regard as one of surpassing value to coun- 

 tries of the peculiar climate, and in the still more peculiar social 

 state in which India and Egypt exist, and through which for more than 

 one generation they must slowly and almost insensibly advance. 



* Herod, Euterpe, clxviii. 



