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locality is that mentioned by the late Dr. White, of the Bombay 

 army. The hot wells are called Devakl Unei, and are fifty miles 

 south-east from Surat,* at the foot of some hills ; the temperature in the 

 different springs ranges from 111 0 to 120° Fahr. They are spoken 

 of as being in the vicinity of Anaval and Veval, but as these places 

 agreeably to the map of India, are only thirty miles from Surat, there 

 is evidently some mistake with regard to the distance. The third loca- 

 lity is at Mahr, on the Bancoot or Fort Victoria river, about seventy- 

 five miles south of Bombay. I know of these springs only from report 

 The whole of the above springs, extending through 3° of latitude, lie 

 nearly in the same parallel of longitude (73 °), and are within twenty- 

 five miles of the sea. 



In a manuscript report to the government of Bombay, on the pro- 

 vince of Khandeish, Colonel Briggs has the following passage testify- 

 ing to the occurrence of thermal springs above the ghats : — 



" Among the natural curiosities of Khandeish are the hot springs of 

 the Satpoora hills, particularly those of Soonup Deo and Oonup Deo, 

 the former in the district of Arrawud, and the latter in the deserted 

 Pergunneh of Amba. The former is so hot that the hand cannot be 

 borne in it ; the latter is less ardent, and is used as a hot bath ; they 

 are both said to possess medicinal qualities, and are considered useful 

 in the cure of cutaneous disorders,— amongst others leprosy." 



Dr. Buchanan speaks of hot springs at Rishikunda and Bhimbandin 

 the trap mountains of Rajmahl ;f and the Rev. Mr. Everest mentions 

 a thermal spring associated with a trap bed at Katcamsan, between 

 the 23d and 24th parallels of latitude, and longitude 86° and 87° J. 

 Dr. Adam mentions that of Sitakhund near Monghyr on the Ganges,§ 

 Dr. Davy speaks of one at Cannina, HCeylon ; and I am informed they 

 are to be met with in Canara. Mr. Crow, formerly commercial agent 

 of the Bombay government in Sinde, in his manuscript reports, men- 

 tions a thermal spring near Corachee on the Indus, of which the water 

 is almost boiling hot. In Major Cruickshank's manuscript revenue 

 map of part of Goojrat a hot spring is placed at Tooee, nearRuttenpoor 

 on the Mhye river, in latitude north 22° 49' and longitude east 73° 

 30' ; and there is another at Lawsoondra, eighteen miles west-north- 

 west of Tooee. These instances, which I am satisfied could be multi- 

 plied by diligent inquiry, afford ample proof of the wide occurrence in 



* Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1833. + Gleanings of Science, vol. I. p. 36. 

 X Gleanings of ycience, May I83i, p. 135. \ Geol. Trans., 1st Series, vol. v, p. 349. 



|| Geol. Trans., 1st Scries, vol. v. p. 313, 



