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Scientific Intelligence. 



[No. 9, NEW SERIES. 



Vol. Page. 



Southern India — Geological Notes on the country 

 from the Banks of the Tumbu- 

 dra to those of the Cauvery, by 



Capt. Newbold 11 126 



Hyderabad and Nagpore 4 194 



Neilgherry and Koondah Mountains 4 241 

 Notes illustrative of, by Capt. Baird 



Smith , 11 315 



on the Laterite of, by Dr. Cole.. . . 4 100 



Plain of Madras 4 1 



Southern Mahratta Country 4 185,452 



Syria — Sinai visit to, by Capt. Newbold 14 47 



Tabasheer— Chemical Analysis of, by Dr. Thompson. 4 490 

 Tinnevelly, Tuticorin — an attempt to form an Arte- 

 sian Well at 15 167 



II. On an Extraordinary rise in the Kistna in July 1859. By 



W. Knox, Esq., Collector of Masulipatam. 



{Commtinicated by Government.) 



I have the honor to report for the information of the Board, 

 that there was an extraordinary fresh of the Kistna towards 

 the end of last month. 



The river rose from 22 feet 6 inches on the 22d to 28 feet 

 3 inches on the 25th and thence gradually to 37 feet 4 inches on 

 the 30th July ; which is one of the highest freshes on record ex- 

 cepting that of 1853, which was 37 feet 10 \ inches. On the 4th 

 instant, the fresh subsided to 30 feet 4 inches and is still subsiding. 



Two villages of the Bezoarah talook, not far from the town of 

 Bezoarah, and lying between the river's edge and the embankment, 

 were surrounded by the freshes, which flowed 3 or Z\ feet within 

 the houses. The men and cattle were all saved in time by the 

 prompt exertions of the Tahsildar. The country to the south of 

 the annicuts was secure from the floods, in fact, the ryots in the 

 Delta scarcely knew that there was a high fresh in the river. 



