354 Rough Notes on the Zoology of Candahar. [No. 161. 



lizards. They hide during the day in holes, and come out in the 

 evening to feed. They retire to hybernate in deep holes in the earth 

 in the end of October or beginning of November, according to the sea- 

 son, and remain in a semi-torpid condition till February, when they 



again appear. 21 



(To be continued.) 



On the Course of the River Nerbudda. By Lieut ..Colonel Ouseley, Agent 

 G. G. S. W. Frontier ; with a coloured Map of the River from 

 Hoshungabad to Jubbulpoor* 



The leading article of No. 151, of the Journal Asiatic Society for 

 1844, is headed "Note on the Navigation of the River Nerbudda," 

 compiled from information afforded by a number of officers. The map 

 that is given with it, is part of the one that accompanied my report, 

 forwarded to Government, (Lord Wm. Bentinck,) 13th June, 1834. 



1 find that I have not a copy of that report, and have requested Capt. 

 Spence, the Deputy Commissioner at Hoshungabad, to favor me with 

 one ; but from private memoranda, I am enabled to state that the ex- 

 pense would be too great to calculate on an uninterrupted navigation, 

 or admit of such water carriage as would be safe, and profitable. The 

 nature of the rocks, compact basalt, or granite, renders it almost impossi- 

 ble to employ the agency of gunpowder to clear away the obstructions, 

 it would be too slow a process for the extent to be undertaken. Again, 

 supposing the whole distance cleared, including all the greater obstacles 

 near Hindia, Mundhar, Dhardree, the Suhashurdhara Burkhery, He- 

 runphal, &c. the elevation of the country at Hoshungabad being about 

 14 or 1500 feet above the sea, the rapidity and shallow body of the 

 current would consequently be totally inadequate for boats of any size ; 

 and would be followed -by the continued cutting away of the earth, and 



21. Hedgehogs are found in the very hottest parts of peninsular India, and I have 

 been assured, on good authority, of the existence of a species in the Bengal Soonder- 

 buns. Four species from this country have been named already ; but 1 have great 

 reason to suspect the existence of others, and recommend that all collectors should 

 preserve as many species of these animals, as they may be able to obtain. — Cur. As. 

 Soc. 



* See Proceedings for February, 1845. 



