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rain ; about 4 p. m. on the 9th another heavy storm of thunder and lightning and rain, 

 and with an interval of two days of oppressive heat, another fearful storm of thunder and 

 lightning at 2 p. m. on the morning of the 12th inst. 



The season in Upper Assam has been excessively hot. Heavy storms of thunder and 

 lightning with heavy rain, succeeded by the hotest sun that has been felt for many years j 

 sickness however is not more prevalent than usual amongst the natives of the country. 



N. B. The Earthquake of the 26th was felt on the Burmapootur, at Gowhatee, Sibsa- 

 gor and Jeypoor within a few minutes apparently of 2 p. m. At Gowhatee it was an 

 unusually severe shock, that of the 5th or 6th appears to have been also felt there. 



H. Hannay. 



Jeypoor, the 22d August, 1845. 



Lieut. Blagrave has also sent us a drawing, and promises specimens, of some fossils 

 from Kurrachee. 



To Major Wroughton, Acting Surveyor General, we are indebted for a highly curious 

 fossil, both in itself and as to its locality ; being he thinks a Madrepore, but I am dispos- 

 ed to think it possibly (though no articulations are visible) part of an encrinite of large 

 size ? which is from between the Neetee pass and Gortope, at 15,000 feet above the sea ! 

 and it is moreover evidently part of a boulder ; I think this is the first record of any 

 fossil of either of the families alluded to above (Zoophytaor Echindermata) being found 

 in the Himalaya ? 



Museum of Economic Geology. 



Mr. Rechendorf, to whose obliging contribution in general Geology I have alluded 

 above, has also favoured us here with a paper (printed in number 163) of singular 

 interest on the Copper mines of Pokree and Dhanpoor, in Kemaon, which is of much 

 importance, as fully corroborating the views which have been held by other practical men, 

 and especially by Mr. Wilkin, who indeed complained to me that the means of expenditure 

 placed at his disposal were so small that it was impossible to make any fair experiment. 



To Welby Jackson, Esq. B. C. S. we are indebted for a highly interesting paper on 

 the iron ores of Bheerboom, with a good set of specimens illustrative of it. 



From Kyook Phyoo our attentive friend, Major Williams, sends us from Capt. Clarke 

 a specimen of an argillaceous shale, perhaps from the Mud Volcanoes, which is discolour- 

 ed on one side, apparently by the action of heat ; and also a small ingot-shaped piece of 

 metal, which on examination proved to be pure zinc with a minute trace of iron. The 

 native who brought it to Captain Clarke says " there is plenty of it," but as zinc has 

 n ever yet been found in the metallic state we must suspend our judgment of the mat- 

 ter till we have further notice of the locality, which I have written for. 



Captain Jenkins forwards us from Assam a paper with specimens by Captain Hannay, 

 to whom I had when here given a specimen of the true Asphalte, requesting his attention 

 to the various deposits known to exist in upper Assam, with the hope of finding there a 

 true Asphalte or some substitute for it. 



Captain Hannay's paper and specimens are of the very highest interest, and as soon as 

 I have examined the latter I shall further report on it. 



Mr. Martin, Executive Officer in Assam, has sent us a farther supply of 20 specimens 

 of woods from that country, of which the list is as follows :— 



