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Kutrachee, and afterwards proceeded to the Persian Gulf, 
having spent nearly a year travelling in Arabia and Meso- 
potamia. He returned to Bombay in February last, consi- 
derably improved in appearance, but with no signs of the 
eradication of the malady which to all but himself had long 
appeared irremediable. He had in March forwarded his 
papers and collection of specimens, and other heavy baggage 
to Hyderabad, whither he himself proposed to follow, when 
he was induced to visit the Mahabuleshwar Hills. Here 
he spent ‘six weeks, not apparently either gaining or losing 
greatly in health or strength; when he was suddenly cut off, 
without a pang or moment’s warning, in the midst of his 
studies. (Captain NEWBOLD was not one of those whom 
sickness prostrated, or who abandoned mental exertion the 
moment bodily weakness or languor were induced by failing 
health. On the contrary, his efforts seemed only to have 
become more assiduous, and his mind more active, as the 
material frame-work which held his spirit decayed; and 
we question if, during any two years of his enterpris- 
ing life, he performed more intellectual labour than dur- 
ing those with which it closed. Under a severe regimen 
and the most rigid medical treatment—so weak as to be 
unable to ascend or descend twenty feet of an ordinary 
stair—while at Kurrachee, he literally crept along the sea- 
shore, explored Minora Point with a care never before 
bestowed on it, and in the midst of oyster-beds, beautiful- 
ly coloured clays, schists, gravels, and conglomerate, he 
found a fine fresh water deposit which had escaped the 
notice of VICARY and all other geologists. Just before leav- 
ing for the Persian Gulf, he drew up a voluminous, learned, 
and elaborate paper on the subject of the sites of the Cities 
of Ai or Hai. The paper is full of biblical research and 
general learning, and admirably illustrates the accuracy and 
minuteness of the topography of the Old Testament. During 
his wanderings, he contributed some valuable papers to the 
London Societies on ancient geography; and on his return 
in February, forwarded a large, valuable, and varied col- 
lection of specimens to the Bombay Asiatic Society, with an 
able paper on the geology of this part of Arabia, and the 
