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“ At Panch Beyria near Cutvva, in a tank about three miles from 
the river. 
“At Oolooah, 12 miles S. E. from Krishnagur, towards Ranaghat. 
“ The water of the Jellinghee off Krishnagur was also disturbed. 
“ Uniting these notices with those sent to the Hurlcaru from 
Balasore, Beerbhoom and the Goorai river, I of course dismiss the 
elephant and alligator, as free of all blame. 
“ An earthquake appears to he the only efficient cause, but it is 
strange that, although the phenomenon of ‘troubled waters’ is 
noised abroad, no one has given notice of an earthquake.” 
The Ven’ble Archdeacon Pratt remarked that there could be no 
doubt that the disturbance was caused by a slight earthquake, and 
in this view the members present concurred. 
3. Prom Captain T. G. Montgomerie, Bengal Engineers, through 
Major H. L. Thuillier, a paper “ On the extension of Survey operations 
in Kashmir, Ladak, &c. and’the conquest of Gilgit.” 
Captain Montgomerie made some observations with reference to 
his map of the Janaoo territories, and chart of the Kashmir Series 
Triangulation. 
He remarked that the map reduced from the original to a scale of 
£ inch to the mile, represents an area of about 24,000 square miles, 
and being on this reduced scale, it shows, at a glance, the position of 
Kashmir, with reference to the surrounding mountains. The country 
represented embraces all the territories of the Jamoo, or Kashmir 
Maharaja that lie on the Hindustan side of the great Himalayan 
range ; that is, from the Ravee to the Jhelum, and from the plains 
of the Punjab to the glaciers of the Nanga Parbat, 26,630 feet above 
the sea. 
The Chart, on the same scale, shows that the triangulation covers 
no less than 56,000 square miles, or an area greater than that of 
England. 
A general description of the geographical features of the valley 
was then given, dwelling upon the advantages its scenery derives, 
from the number and variety of lakes and tarns, which are wanting in 
almost all other parts of the Himalayas. 
An examination of the map shewed the great number and gigantic 
size of the glaciers now existing in that part of the Himalayas, and 
the traces of ancient glaciers prove that they must then have formerly 
