1867.] tlie Western Himalaya and Afyhan Mountains. 115 



of the Himalayas is, at present found in the Upper Lacustrine deposit 

 of Kashmir (see note to para. 44). This deposit contains a very great 

 many fragments of pottery, bones of goats, and pieces of charred wood. It 

 is much older than the Buddhist ruins of Avantipoor, and attests the 

 presence of man in the valley during the period which elapsed between 

 the first and the second lake. The Buddhist ruins were not built 

 until after the second lake had been drained . But though we may 

 call the race of men who lived in Kashmir before the second lake 

 historically ancient, they cannot be considered so geologically : a 

 cowry has been found* in the deposit, and this evidence of a currency 

 indicates at once an amount of civilization and trade far removed from 

 the state of the primitive races. 



(To be continued.) 



Experimental Incest iyations connected witli the supply of water to 



Calcutta, Part III. 



By D. Waldie, Esq., 



F. C. S. &c. 



(Continued from page 8.) 



[Received 1st March, 1867.] 



The present communication is intended to give an account of the 



results obtained in prosecuting the investigations indicated by the 



title, the first of which have already appeared in this Journal. To 



some of the results given in the original paper objections were raised, 



Which were examined in a subsequent article, entitled, " Supplementary 



Observations, &c," these being founded on experiments made during 



the month of September last. Since that time the enquiry has been 



continued, with the view of more fully examining these objections, of 



supplying certain deficiencies, of correcting some errors, clearing up 



some obscurities, and generally rendering the enquiry more complete. 



I propose also to endeavour to correct some misapprehensions which 

 seem to have arisen, and indicate points of importance which do not 



* The cowry was discovered by Captain Goilwiu-Austen while we were ex- 

 amining these lacustrine beds together. I saw Captain Austen dig it out of 

 the clay with his penkuiie. 



