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tainty : after patiently examining how far many of the points at variance 
might be traced to the formulae of calculation used in the survey, and in this 
way expunging so large an anomaly as 200 fathoms in the perpendicular de- 
gree of Dunnose, he applies an assumed excentricity of the ellipsoid, 3^5. 
to all the arcs, perpendiculars, and pendulum lengths, hitherto accounted of 
' any authority, and shews that the theoretical assumption does not differ from 
the practical results more than can well be attributed to unavoidable errors, lie 
thinks it therefore established that the earth is a regular solid of revolution, having 
its meridians truly elliptical, with an excentricity not much differing from 3( ' )0 . As 
far as India is concerned, it is satisfactory to see that Colonel Lambton’s and Mr. 
Goldingham’s labours are among those which have received the most implicit con- 
fidence in Europe ; and their results tally very nearly with Mr. Ivory s assumed 
ellipticity. We may feel assured, that the remainder of the task will inspiie an in 
crease of confidence proportionate to the superiority of the instruments now in- 
troduced ; and we may look forward with eager interest to the recommencement 
of the campaign of science under the auspices of one so well qualified to lead m 
the field as its present conductor. 
II . — Overland Journey to India. By Lieut. Arthur Conolly, 6th Regt- 
Bengal Light Cavalry. 
Quitting London 8tli August, 1829, I travelled through France and German) 
to St. Petersburgh. There two English friends joined me, and we proceeded toge- 
ther viff Moscow, and the capital of the Don Cossacks, through and over the 
Caucasus mountains to the capital of Georgia. At Tiflis we sold our carriages, an 
buying horses, rode across the Arras to Tabriz, where we spent the winter, 111 
the very pleasant society of the English then at that place with the British mission- 
Wishing to follow a new road to India, I engaged a native of that country, man. 
years a resident in Persia, and much in esteem with the English there, to actom 
pany me on an overland route. Syed Kerffmut Ali was as unprejudiced as eat > 
and I had more than one occasion to congratulate myself on having such a coi 
panion. ^ 
We rode from Tabriz 6th February, 1830. The snow lay deep on theg r ° 1 ^ 
and our road was a narrow foot-path, which, if we missed, we were plunged ’I ^ 
the horses’ girths in the drifts on either side. We left Tabriz still in the 
of winter: 15 days after, when we reached Tehran, such was the different' 
climate, that the trees were in blossom. gj f j ( 
At Tehrln our object was to obtain bills for the road. The late en ' °;^ Jirne y, 
Macdonald, had most kindly authorized me to draw upon him during 111 } 
and had referred me to his hanker, a Hindu, at Tehran: at this time however t ^ 
was absent at Yezd. Shortly after our arrival, a severe earthquake drove t ie v 
bitants from their homes, and business was at a stand. Though earthquakes ar 
of common occurrence in Persia, the panic spread by this one was great , ^ 
houses were thrown down, and part of the arched brick bazar fell m i 
through it after the first shocks, and saw the deserted shops open, with t ie ^ e j r 
goods displayed as for sale. In all open places were grouped families ^ ^gjr 
most valuable portable eflects : in some cases the sick had been hurried jj l0 ught 
houses, and anxiety was on every face. Unable to get bankers’ bills, we ffhic b 
ourselves fortunate in obtaining from a Parsee merchant cash for a d ia ’ 
