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Miscellaneous Notices. 
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Stiff yellow clay, with a little sand- 
Sand and gravel ; a few round stones. 
Ditto ; large blocks of conglomei*ale. 
Ditto. 
Sand and gravel, with tolerably sized stones. 
Ditto ditto, stones larger. 
Ditto ditto, with pieces of conglomerate. 
Ditto ditto, with enormous stones. 
Conglomerate on 3 sides ; gravel the 4th. 
Sand and gravel, moist occasionally : pieces of conglomerate. 
Conglomerate, blocks of. 
Layers of sand and gravel ; pieces of conglomerate. 
Sand and gravel. 
Conglomerate ; under it water, but scanty. 
Sand and clay. 
Conglomerate. 
Sand and gravel, rather loose occasionally : pieces of conglome- 
rate, occasionally solid blocks, 160 lbs. in weight. 
Sand and gravel very moist. 
Conglomerate over half the well spring. 
Red clay. 
Sand and gravel, very moist spring. 
Blackish clay, with angular fragments of clay slate. 
XI . — Miscellaneous Notices. 
1. Progress of Science in India. 
We have occasionally communicated to our readers phenomena of an interesting 
description, which have taken place in India, and expressed our regret that so many 
observations, which might be of use to the advancement of science, and which we 
were informed had been made in India, should be lost for the want of some channel 
through which they might be conveyed to the public Since we first alluded to the 
subject, various societies have been established in the great eastern portion of the 
British dominions for the cultivation of physical knowledge. The first volume of 
the memoirs of the Geological Society of Calcutta has just reached England, con- 
taining several papers, not only of local, hut of general interest. As the first fruits 
of an enlightened love for science, we regard this work with excessive pleasure, 
and doubt not, from the. well known zeal of our countrymen in the East, that each 
succeeding volume will increase in interest. 
An enlightened friend to science in all its branches, as well as an efficient patron 
of it, Sir Edward Ryan, has exerted himself to establish a Scientific Journal as a 
depftt for all the floating observations which may be made in India, In the pre- 
sent humble form of this small pamphlet, we can perceive the germ of future ex- 
cellence. An original paper on Indigo, which it contains, would do honour to the 
first scientific publication in Europe. It is not suited for our pages, but we doubt 
not it will meet insertion from some journal more exclusively devoted to scienti- 
fic subjects, and we hope that due acknowledgement may be made of the obliga- 
tion. Now that a commencement has been made in India, and the example has 
been set by the first presidency, it is to be expected that Madras and Bombay will 
not remain behind. The advantages that must result from this are incalculable • 
for extensive as our dominion is in India, the natural history of the country is but 
imperfectly known. In exploring its more remote districts, some travellers have 
been eminently successful, and the results of their enquiries have been made known 
to the world ; still there are many provinces which have been rarely trod by the 
foot of a European, and the notes made concerning them being too hasty or too 
few to form a volume, have been perused only by the friends of the author. The 
establishment of a journal in which all such productions may find a place, must 
form an epoch in the history of British India. As the increase of its contents will 
necessarily lead to the appearance of articles of the highest interest, we shall 
always make known such to our readers, to whom we ourselves have frequently 
suggested, that as the interests of science are greatly advanced by the immediate 
insertion of observations, we should always feel happy to receive into our scienti- 
fic varieties any communication, of which the truth of the facts it contains can 
be properly authenticated . — Monthly Magazine. 
