liv Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [May, 1845. 



Cavalry soldier, as highly valuable for the purpose of polishing- the bits of bridles, (See 

 Proceeding's of January, 1845,) has now sent us a larger specimen, which proves it to be the 

 common Agalmatolite only, and not as I had judged by the examination of the previous 

 pepper-corn specimen, the fine variety called Pagodite. Major Williams says :— 



My dear Sir, — My brother has sent me a larger piece of the " Samy Stone," and 

 requests I would send it to you, and I shall feel extremely obliged if you could inform 

 me where I can obtain a quantity of it. Dr. Rose has kindly consented to convey it to you. 

 My brother mentions also his having sent your former letter to me on this subject to Mr. 

 Murchison, the Geologist ; the stone appears to be in request at home, more so perhaps 

 than in India, where its use is not known apparently, 



Kedgeree, 25th February, 1845. D. Williams. 



Whence I presume that it has been found, as I supposed, of use at home, or at least that, 

 as I have remarked,it was thought well-worth attention when a quantity could be procur- 

 ed. I have written to Captain Ouseley requesting him to send us a good cooley load of his 

 Agalmatolite from Chota Nagpore, with which this is identical. 



We have received from the Dundee Watt Institution, through Dr. Wise, a box of 

 Mineralogical and Geological specimens, some of which are handsome and of interest, 

 but many, indeed most of them are unfortunately without labels, which, for the Geolo- 

 gical specimens particularly, is a very great drawback on their value. 



Mr. W. St. Quintin, C S. has referred to us from Darjeeling specimens of a quartz 

 pebble and of fibrous hornblende rock.supposed to contain Gold, but the appearance is due 

 merely to common pyrites. This might nevertheless be auriferous, but is in too small quan- 

 tity to be detected in such very minute specimens ; the rock might contain but one-tenth 

 part of pyrites and the pyrites but one hundredth part of gold and yet be worth work- 

 ing on the large scale. 



For all the above presentations and communications the best thanks 

 of the Society were accorded. 



