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Explanation of Plates. 



PL I, II. — Skull of Pithecus Beookei, Bl : P. Wurmlii et P. 

 Abelii, Owen (though neither the species described by Van Wurmb, 

 nor that by Dr. Abel, a skull of which is figured in PL V, and VI) ; 

 Mias Rambi, Brooke. Adult male, from Sumatra. 



PI. Ill, IV. — Ditto of aged female of the same, from Borneo. 



PI. V, VI.— Ditto of P. satyeus, (L.), apud Brooke, S. Midler, 

 and others : Mias Bappan, Brooke. Adult female (?), from Borneo. 



PL VII, VIII. — Ditto of P. moeto, Owen : Mias Xassar, Brooke. 

 Aged female, from Borneo. 



PL IX, X.— Ditto of P. Owekii, BL Small Orang with short 

 fore-arms. Adolescent female. Hab. unknown. 



Description of MohzarJchala in the KoMstan of the Western Huzara^ 

 extracted from the Journal of Mr. A. Gaedinee. By M. P. 

 Edgewoeth, Usq. B. G. S. 



On the 24th Feb. 1830, Mr. Gardiner started in company with 

 Therman Shah, chief of the tribe of Khilzye, (a subdivision of the 

 Huzara tribe Deh Kundi) and his brother, attended by a few fol- 

 lowers, from Drohu the residence of the chief, in order to visit the 

 spot called " the buried wealth of Moh" and certain caves in its 

 neighbourhood. 



They first descended about 2000 feet to the bottom of the valley, 

 and crossed the deep and turbid torrent by means of a rope and 

 withy bridge. Thence the path ascended north, and then north- 

 east to the limit of the snow, crossed a bed of snow rather treacherous 

 to the passenger, and came to a narrow gorge walled in with almost 

 perpendicular rocks, but 15 to 20 feet wide, and lined with perpetual 

 snow, on which no sun ever shines. Down this icy-bed the party let 

 themselves slide as gently as they could in a sitting posture, avoiding 

 the abrupt termination, out of which gushed a new-born torrent. 

 Thence by a rocky path they reached an oval basin or small valley 

 about 900—1000 yards long by 6—800 broad: all sides rapidly 

 shelving towards the centre which contained a small pool about 

 150 yards in circumference, the traditional site of Moh's death. 



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