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[Feb. 1845. 



hope adorn our Journal ; Captain Newbold promises a continuation of his paper, and 

 from his zeal, opportunities and talents, we may expect all which they can accomplish 

 under the disadvantage, common to all scientific votaries in India, of being sadly cir- 

 cumscribed as to time. From Mr. Ince of the Salt Department, we have received 

 through Mr. Torrens, bottles of water, and a box of rocks and pebbles from the salt 

 springs in the Chittagong district, with a letter giving an account of his visit to them, 

 1 have not yet examined them, as they arrived very late. 



Lieut. Baird Smith has just forwarded Part III. of his valuable papers on Indian 

 Earthquakes, which will also be no doubt forthwith published. 



Lieut. Sherwill has referred to us a small box of specimens of limestones from the 

 Museum of table-land of Ilhotasghur, requesting me to select those 



Economic Geology. most likely to prove useful as lithographic stones. From 



minute fragments it is next to impossible to judge ; but I have returned them to him, 

 with the most likely specimens separated from those decidedly bad ; and, as he pro- 

 mises us slabs, we shall then be enabled to give them a fair trial. 



