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information. Beasts of prey are rare. There are very few birds ; 
indeed it is said that a person may travel for a day in the woods, 
in spring or autumn, without meeting half a dozen. As may be 
inferred from the geological character of the region, there is but 
a very scanty harvest for the palaeontologist. In the list of trees 
we find the name “ tamarac ” given to Larix americana. But 
the “hemlock” {Abies canadensis ) is said to have a bark very 
rich in tannin ; and, unless we are misinformed, the substance 
met with in commerce under the name “ tamarack,” and used to 
some extent by tanners and dyers, is obtained from the latter tree. 
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Vol. XVI., Part 3. 
Calcutta : Geological Survey Office. London : Triibner 
and Co. 
This part gives an account of the Upper Gondwanas, and other 
formations of the coast region of the Godavari district. There 
is a particular description, with an illustration of the gorge of 
the great Godavari river, in which the water is said, in flood-time, 
to rise 100 feet above its ordinary level. 
We find the curious remark, in a note, that the Kaurkonda Hill 
is “ one of the few spots in this part of the Presidency still fre- 
quented by bison." Just as the Americans call the true bison of 
their country “ buffalo,” it appears that certain Anglo-Indians 
invert the error. 
One part of this district is reported to have yielded diamonds, 
but the old workings are quite abandoned. Iron ore is abundant, 
but smelting is limited by the scanty supply of fuel. 
Vol. XVIII., Parts 1, 2, and 3. 
The first of these parts deals with the geology of the section 
between the Bolan Pass and Girishk, in Southern Afghanistan ; 
the second comprises the geology of the districts of Manbhum 
and Singhbum ; and the third gives the geology of the Pranhita- 
Godavari Valley. It appears that till lately gold was obtained in 
considerable quantities near the city of Kandahar, where it occurs 
in quartz veins traversing the zone of contacft between the hip- 
puritic limestone and the trap outbursts. Some of the nuggets 
obtained were of the size of a man’s fist. A poor ore of copper 
is found in the Kojak-Amran Range, and a richer ore is now 
being worked in the Shah Makhsud Range. Lead occurs in 
many localities in Southern Afghanistan. Argentiferous galena 
and native silver are said to occur in the Hazarah country, at 
Siah-Sang and at Herat. Petroleum springs exist in the Marri 
