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These ridges of rocks have one side steep like a wall, whilst the 

 side to which they dip is at a tolerably gentle incline. The dip of 

 the strata is always conformable to that of the higher ranges in the 

 vicinity. The whole of the valley of the Indus is highly interesting 

 in a Geological point of view, but peculiar interest attaches to the 

 part about Kooshalghur since the discovery of these fossil remains 

 of mammalians and reptiles of the Tertiary period. I discovered 

 the first bone accidentally in laying out a road between Kohat and 

 Kooshalghur in 1852, since then several thousand fragments have 

 been brought to me. The people of that part of the country have 

 been encouraged to search for the bones, and now nearly every 

 villager at Kooshalghur has become a collector. Both men and 

 children hunt for them when not employed in the fields. They call 

 this" the harvest of bones." I have no doubt strata of the same 

 age will be found on examination to extend along the greater part of 

 the upper valley of the Indus. Mr. Greenough's map shews that 

 they appear again in Scinde and near the embouchure of the river. 

 In conclusion, I will only add that I shall be very happy to forward 

 any interesting specimens which come to hand to the Asiatic Society 

 at Calcutta, and also to supply any information in my power con- 

 cerning these fossil remains, and the district in which they are found. 

 As my professional duties afford me no leisure for prosecuting the 

 study of the subject, I hope the Society will afford me some informa- 

 tion regarding these fossils — they evidently belong to animals of 

 several different types, and I am anxious to know with wfrat known 

 animals they are identified, or if referable to unknown species, what 

 conjectures may be formed concerning them. With this view, I 

 have numbered all the specimens sent, and have kept a duplicate 

 copy for reference." 



Mr. Oldham pointed out the great importance of obtaining further 

 collections of fossils from these deposits. 



3. — From H. Haughton, Esq., blocks of fossiliferous limestone 

 from the farm caves near Maulmain. 



4. — From the government of Bengal, a collection of Geological 

 specimens collected in the vicinity of the Hurriogan Nuddee, by 

 J. Wi Masters, Esq., Sub-Assistant, Golaghat, and forwarded by 

 Colonel Jenkins. 



