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Pati Pi s are also to be fonnd and dogs, the latter are not kept for 
protection, but as dainty morsels at great i 
t“ The sea inside the reef, some 15 feet deep, i is very rich in mud, and 
is divided by moles separating ntti marine property. The fish, hardly 
the length of a finger when caught, are fed up till they attain the size of 
a fat herring, and are then eaten raw, and they are said to be delicious, 
* Behind the village is a deep cavern, access to which is gained by a 
shaft some 70 feet dee by means of ropes; below is a fresh-water lake 
domed in by a stalactite in — Beyond this cave is a further abyss 
of unknown depth and e 'The cave, which extends far under the 
sea, will, when adr probably yield duet of interest to marine life 
and science. 
“The presence of singing-birds was nor with delight i those 
coming from the Mar shall Isles where none such exist. An ttempt to 
import them to tke other isles failed, as they die at once in capui F 
DXXXI.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
R. MARMADUKE ALEXANDER Lawson, M.A., F.L.S., Government 
a ry h last. 
held the posts (now divided) of Sherardian Professor of Botany and 
Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy in the University of Oxford. 
In that year he was appointed, on the recommendation of Kew, by the 
Secretary of State for India in Council, Direct tor of Government 
Cinchona Plantations, Parks, and Gardens , Nilgir 
5 à Botanical Department for the Presidency was created, and 
Mr. Tna was uppointed its head, with the title of Government 
E and Director of Cinchona Plantations. 
official record by the Acting Gevernment Botanist, and the 
ditior of the Madras Government (dated July 23rd) are veh below. 
Extracts from ANNUAL tion eg t Report on the GOVERN- 
MENT CINCHONA DEPAR T, Niteiris, for the Year 1892-6. 
It is with great regret ps = aaa of Mr. M. A. Lawson, Government 
ment Gardens and Parks on the 18th June 1883, and the designation of 
Government Botanist and Director was given to him on the Ist April 
1886. Mr. Lawson had unusual ability, which he exhibited in ord 
department of his office. In January 1895 he intimated his intention t 
retire from service, and at the close of the year his health, which had 
been most robust during the whole of his Indian career, began to fail. 
Feini 1896 (p. 
His Pel à the Governor in Council desires to record his high 
appreciation of the work done by the late Mr. Lawson as Director of 
the Ghvepuindit Orehi ae during a period of over 12 years. 
From the report of Dr. King, w ho has meded i the Hatitatignis on two 
ascribed to his administration (3 
