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times several may be in the neighbourhood. This idea too, is more probable 

 than that the male should seek the female, which being destitute of the musk, 

 could in these immense tracts leave no guide to the male. 



The circumstance of the female seeking the male, is by no means an anomaly 

 in nature, for the Cicada tribe among insects, and the Gryllides, are led to the 

 males by the sharp noise emitted by them. 



The same reasoning may apply to the Civet Cats, which likewise emit the 

 Strongest smell, during the season of love. 



Marmot ? Arctomys 7 



These animals live in very large societies and feed on grasses and roots. They 

 burrow in the earth like rabbits, to a great depth, and the holes are so connected 

 tinder ground, that it is almost impossible to dig them out. 



During the winter months they remain asleep in their subterranean reheats. 

 They are_ the tailless rats mentioned by Turner, Herbert, Gerard, and 

 other travellers. 



Thibet Bear. Ursus Tibefanus. These animals are numerous in the interior 

 but only visit the neighbourhood of Simla during the winter, retiring again as 

 the weather becomes hotter. 



There is another kind of bear among the snowy regions of a dirty sandy 

 color. I once saw a tame one, but foolishly made no note on it. 



The natives draw a strong line between the two, and say that the black bear 

 lives on fruits and roots, while the sandy bear eats flesh. 



Gerard mentions having seen the latter and says the two are identical. 



[A note received while this is in the press adds to the above list of birds 

 and animals found in the Simla hills some others known from Mr. Hodgson's 

 Nepal collection : — the M Surrow" or Eimoo : the Martis flavigula in pairs, 

 decidedly plantigrade — the Lynchus erythrotis, Hodg. Also a weasel found in 

 villages, like Mustela vulgaris. We have not space for particulars. — Ed.] 



Note. — For the altitudes of the different places mentioned I am indebted 

 to the kindness of Captain P. Gerard, residing at Simla. 



[We take the opportunity of appending to Lieut. Hutton's paper a table 

 of barometric heights taken in a trip to the Burenda pass by Mr. E. C. 

 Ravenshaw, C. S. in 1829, which has been some time in our possession. — Ed ] 



Baro. Th.att. det. Feet. 



May, 13 61 p. m. Bridge at the Jumna, 27.71 70 67= about 2193* 



19 11 A. m. Tents at Nagthi, \ 24.12 74 70= .. 5795 



20 4 P. M. Mukti, 23.984 68§ 71 = .. 5805 



21 7i A. m. Thanna Tungra, 23.040 66 60= .. 6851 



22 10 a. m. Tents on Deobun, 21.932 62 63 .. 7917 



24 6 P- m. Bundrouli, 24.65 70 67 •• 5253 



* N. B. In this rough calculation of the heights after deducting .003 of an inch 

 for every degree of heat above 32° in the attd. thermometer, I have allowed 1000 feet 

 for every degree of the barometer below 29.789, (which from the No. 34 of Glean- 

 ings of Science appears to be the average height of the barometer at the sea, taken 

 the height of Calcutta at 25 feet as estimated in Lieut. Barnes' letter in the same 

 No.) In Nicholsons' or the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia only 900 feet are allowed 



