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of the Anemometer, so that the pressure of the wind was registered for 

 a small part only of the storm. He moved that Government be solicited 

 to make enquiry into the cause of these failures. The proposition was 

 seconded by Mr. Medlicott and carried unanimously. The possibility 

 of warning the town in cyclones was also a subject of discussion. 



The receipt of the following communications was announced. 



From Lieut. -Col. C. L. Showers. On the Meenas, a wild tribe of 

 " Central India." 



2. From W. Theobald, Esq. Jr. A descriptive Catalogue of the 

 reptiles of British Burma. 



3. From R. Michell, Esq., F. R. G. S. A Translation of " Survey 

 of the western extremity of the Karakau Mountains by Captain 

 Meyer," and of " A General Survey of the country lying to the 

 westward of the Trans Hi Region between the rivers Chin and the 

 Jaxartes or Syr Daria, by Col. Poltorotski." 



Dr. Waldie made the following observations with reference to 

 the communication he had made to the Society at the meeting of 3rd 

 April last, on the subject of the Hooghly water : — 



Observations had been continued during the succeeding hot and 

 rainy seasons, in order to settle one or two points then left doubtful. 

 As respects the river water of the hot season, the new observations had 

 confirmed the former ones in regard to the amount of organic matter : 

 much less common salt, however, had been found in the water than in 

 the previous year. Possibly this might have arisen from the proper 

 time of full tide not having been caught, although this seemed not a 

 very probable explanation. With respect to the water of the rainy 

 season, he had formerly brought particularly to notice its putridity : 

 this year, however, it was not found to be so characterised or at least 

 only to a very slight degree : had the odour been the only point of 

 difference observed, it might have been supposed to be due to some 

 mistake in observation, but several other points of difference were 

 found to exist, and all of them corroborative of the indications of the 

 first. Indeed, judging from the amount of vegetation formed in the 

 water by long standing, the water of 1805 contained more organic 

 matter than that of 1800, and this again than that of 1807. He was 

 disposed to attribute these differences to some general cause, possibly 

 connected with the amount of rainfall, but could form no decided opinion. 



