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Dr. W. King contributes a aTltenn v °on the Travancore'coast. 
Anchorages ” of Narrakal and PP y ’ coast which are perfealy 
There are two anchorage outside is tumbling in 
smooth and quiet, even thoug , m0 nsoon. The bottom of 
before the gales of a south-w y undtuous mud, portions 
the otherwise troubled waters in t Peterhead expe- 
attradled so much attention, espe y ^ su pply of oil 
riment. To keep up the tranquillity ot smiace tne su PP y 
must be continuous. r o describes the caves of the 
Mr. R. Bruce F °Texpioradon was stored difficult by the 
svvarmt "bees Apis ho reala, meeds of a very uncertain 
"X*- D. Oldham 
to south, and r 5 oo Iron! east to 
we £- r p Scott M.E., reports on the Choi coal exploration. 
He announces that’ the prospedt of findin g ® ^“X^asrand 
west oTthe* points^ morLver, is but of a 
poor quality. h&s re . discovere d the “ long-lost fossil 
locality described by Sir Proby Cantley, at the base of the sedion 
in the Sivvalik Hillsd’ on thg mineral resources of the 
Andaman Ulands in th e n«ghb.u*oodrf Port Blau. The 
Pynte L 0 d thaT e “'the poorest class of ore in the English market 
remarked that the poo much sul hur as that of Rang-u- 
contains about three tim assayed for gold and silver, 
Chang. The pyritic quai wr iter considers that there 
and is found to contain none The writer c ions,, ^ ^ a ^ m . 
1S a deposit of p Chl °Xtin Um f which often occurs in connexion 
rrchkmiC war^amhed for, but not a single particle was 
f ° l r d i' F R Sladon eives an account of a further fiery eruption 
from one of mud feetTn height and 
6~in cifcTmference, giving off dense smoke and a smell of 
petroleum. 
