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Major Becher, confirmed from independent sources by Captain 

 Montgomerie, stated as the result of his enquiries that the recent 

 flood of August, 1858, was caused by the stoppage of the river 

 Hoonza about a day's journey above the Fort of that name, and 4 

 or 5 days northwards of G-ilgit. The site of the obstruction would 

 thus appear to be about 300 miles above Attock. " It was caused," 

 Major Becher said, " by the subsidence of a mountain side called 

 JPhungurh from the action or rain and snow above, and of the 

 stream below, in the winter of 1858." 



The obstruction appeared to have continued 6 months before 

 the accumulated waters forced a passage. 



Men had been despatched by Major Becher to make personal 

 enquiries, and if possible to see the spot, where the landslip oc- 

 curred, but letters had been received from them from the borders 

 of Kohistan and Gilgit, declaring that it was impossible to proceed 

 further, in consequence of hostilities between the chief of Nuggur 

 and those of Hoonza and Gilgit. 



Major Becher thought there was no foundation for the rumour 

 which was current, that a fresh obstruction had occurred. 



Reverting to the flood of 1841, Major Becher shewed that it was 

 occasioned by the damming up of the main stream of the Indus 

 across which the shoulder of a mountain was precipitated by an 

 Earthquake. This mountain was called JJltoo Kuun, and was situated 

 about 5 coss south of " Ghor," between Fulzcha and the Fort of 

 Boonjee, in the district of Astor or Hussoora. 



2. From Col. J. Abbott, a few particulars regarding some ancient 

 copper coins presented by him to the Society in June last. 



3. From Messrs. Hermann and R. Schlagintweit, Official Re- 

 ports on the last journey and death of Adolphe Schlagintweit in 

 Turkistan. 



4. From the Under-Secretary to the Government of India, for- 

 warding an Itinerary with memoranda chiefly topographical and 

 zoological through the southerly portions of the district of Amherst, 

 Province of Tenasserim, accompained by a map, by Major S. R. 

 Tickell, together with copious Botanical Notes by the Rev. C. S. 

 P. Parish, Chaplain of Moulmein. 



5. From W. Theobald, Esq. Jr., Descriptions of some new 



