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5. Charcoal used in smelting, made from 9aul, specimen marked and from jam, 

 marked X, the English name of the latter wood not known.* 



6. The roasted or half smelted ore. 



7. The pure metals, a9 obtained in a merchantable state, in all the qualities, 

 marked D, E and F. 



8. Slags of kinds, marked G and H. 



9. Earthen model of furnace, and pipe in which bellows are inserted, together 

 with a pair of bellows. The size of the furnace used by the Miners is three feet 

 and six inches deep, by two feet and eight inches wide. 



10. Specimens of tools : one large hammer, one small hammer, one pair of pincers ; 

 no anvils are used, the iron being beaten out on a large piece of granite. 



The mine is situated twenty miles North East of Sumbulpore ; there are no tradi- 

 tions as to when it was first discovered, but the Miners say that their families have 

 worked it for ten generations. The gross produce at present is said to be, one thou- 

 sand maunds Calcutta weight, per annum. Capital and skill are only required to 

 produce an unlimited quantity, as the ore is abundant, and the forests inexhaus- 

 tible. There is a tax of one rupee and four annas per annum levied on each furnace, 

 paid by the Miners, who all work on their own account, so that it is difficult to 

 form any estimate of their profits as they are cultivators of the soil, and carry on 

 their smelting, when not otherwise engaged. The specimens of iron marked 

 D and E, are sold on the spot for one rupee and two annas per bazar maund, and that 

 marked F, at about eight annas per maund. The health of the Miners does not 

 seem to be affected by their work ; they all look well, and many of them attain to 

 the age of seventy or eighty years ; they are not subject to any peculiar diseases. 

 With the exception of the cow and buffaloe, they eat almost every description of 

 animal, and drink the mowah spirits to excess; this is their great failing, in all 

 other respects they are not less moral than the other villagers. They do not ap- 

 pear to have any superstitions peculiar to themselves. When a new furnace is 

 erected, and on opening the mine at the commencement of the season, a goat is 

 sacrificed to Gauttailee, the goddess of the mine. C. L. Babington, 



Sumbulpore, 14M December, 1842. Executive Officer, Raepore Road. 



By the permission of the Honourable the President, I have applied to the Go- 

 vernment for a set of the Maps of the Atlas of the Grand Trigonometrical Survey 

 for the use of the Museum, and these have been liberally accorded to us ; they are 

 now on the Table. 



From Captain Goodwyn, B. E. we have received a great addition to our collection 

 in a specimen of the native Asphaltum of Seysell, which is the origin of all the bi- 

 tuminous compounds used under the name of asphalt for road-making and other 

 purposes in Europe. Captain G. informs me, that he has brought out with him 

 about a ton of the prepared Asphaltum for trial in the flooring of rooms. It may 

 be worth noticing here, that the whole lower floor of the Society's House, which was 

 laid in 18.19, by Colonel Macleod, with the common mixture of pitch, tar, lime and 

 * Most probably Engenia Yamboz.—H. P. 



