266 Account of the process employed for obtaining [March, 



ing whether the "bees sleep in the flowers" — for that is the significa- 

 tion of Sephalica, remains yet to be made. 



October 2nd. — To Alrnorah in 5£ hours : total hours from the gla- 

 cier 32 ; road distance 83 miles, (in a direct line 52,) giving an average 

 rate of walking, 2 miles and 5 furlongs. 



In the preceding notes, the popular name of each tree and plant, 

 where any certain one exists, is commonly added, with the view of 

 enabling those who visit the same or similar localities, to acquaint 

 themselves, if so disposed, with the more prominent characteristics of 

 this department. " The naturalist," says Sir William Jones, " who should 

 wish to procure an Arabian or Indian Plant, and without asking for it 

 by its learned or vulgar name, should hunt for it in the woods by its 

 botanical character, would resemble a geographer who, desiring to find 

 his way in a foreign city or province, should never enquire by name, 

 for a street or town, but wait with his tables and instruments, for a 

 proper occasion to determine its longitude and latitude." 



Account of the process employed for obtaining Gold from the Sand of 

 the River Bey ass ; with a short account of the Gold Mines of Siberia ; 

 by Capt. J. Abbott, Boundary Commissioner, fyc. 



It has long been known that the sand of the river Beyass yields 

 Gold Dust to the sifter. A description of the process and of the 

 value of the produce may possibly be interesting ; and if it should 

 lead to search for the original veins of this precious metal, the result 

 may be valuable as well as curious. 



From the mountain district of Teera to Meerthul, where the Chukki 

 joins the Beyass, and the course of both is nearly southward, gold dust 

 is found in the sands of the latter pretty equally distributed. The 

 boulders and pebbles in the river channel from Ray to Meerthul (the 

 greater portion of this interval) are generally siliceous, quartz, por- 

 phyry, sandstone, gneiss, with occasional granite — and oftener pebbles 

 of jasper. These appear to be debris of the Brisna cliffs and hills 

 bordering the river, with exception perhaps of the gneiss, which I 

 suspect is carried down from the older formations. My impression is 



