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is now about two inches only. They presented externally the usual carbo- 

 nised appearance and softness of iron which has been much exposed to water, 

 but were found to be internally sound and metallic. 



Read the following letter from Conductor Dawe, relative to the remains 

 of the Dadoopoor Museum, which have been kindly offered to the Society 

 by Capt. Baker, B. E. :— 



To H. Piddington, Esa. Sub- Secretary , Asiatic Society, Calcutta. 



Sir,— I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note respecting the collection which has been offer- 

 ed to the Society by Captain Baker, and in reply, J beg to inform you, that I find in the Museum 

 three or four fair specimens of Mastodon's heads ; a few large masses of the heads of above with the 

 upper jaws, and the teeth in good preservation; several of lower jaws of above, the enamel of the 

 teeth in good condition ; a few fragments of heads and bones of Hippopotamus and Rhinoceros, and 

 numerous bones of smallex animals in a fractured state, but which can be easily joined with our 

 cement. I can also select a variety of the teeth of deer, horse, bullock and the like. But what 

 I now particularly write for, is, to get your instructions as to the quantity you would wish me to 

 send, as I find the cost of each six dozen chest full that has been sent down to Calcutta through 

 the merchants at Meerut, has been on an average 21 rupees each, including land carriage from this 

 place to Gurmuckteesur Ghat, (eight stages,) and boat hire thence to Calcutta. 



As soon as I receive your reply, I shall have much pleasure in selecting what you may require. 



I remain, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 

 Dadoopoor, Sept. 6, 184)3. Wm. Dawe, Condr. Canals West of Jumna. 



It was stated that Mr. Dawe had been requested to forward the whole of 

 these valuable relics. 



Read a letter from Capt. Thos. Hutton, B. N. I. accompanying specimens 

 of the Flata Limbata, with that of its wax, and a paper on this Insect and 

 the White Wax of China. 



The paper was transferred to the Editors of the Journal for publication. 

 Read the following letter from Capt. Hannay, B. N. I. : from Seebsagur, 

 Assam. 



My dear Sir, — Perhaps the enclosed Memo, from this part of the world may be interesting. 

 I wish I could speak more correctly as to Earthquakes, for we have I am pretty sure a number of 

 shocks yearly, commencing about January after our first rain which falls about New Year. After 

 very sultry and close weather the air becomes very cold, and we could thus almost say, that 

 atmospheric influence had something to say to our Earthquakes, else we are in the vicinity of some 

 Earthquaking power. Most of our shocks do not appear to be felt lower down the valley, but I have 

 understood that at Tezpoor, shocks are very frequent. No volcanoes in the neighbourhood, but the 

 line of the Naga Hills (nearer ranges) abound in iron and coal and numerous Petroleum springs, 

 and in the Singpho country springs of white thin mud. You may depend upon my notes of 

 all the Earthquakes put down in the Memo. The shocks this year have been nine in number, and 

 severe compared to those of other years, particularly on 17th June last. It is difficult, however, to 

 ascertain the duration of the shocks. In 1834, an Earthquake threw down partly the old palace 

 of Rungpoor, and a part of the earth opened near Jorehath, from which issued red sand and water. 

 The Cholera visited the valley in 1834, 1 839, and 1843. Your sincerely, 



Seebsagur, 5th September, 1843. W. Hannay. 



