Dr Hamilton on a Map of the Tar out Shan Territory. 75 
butary to Cochin China, and their sea-coast at least is occupied 
by colonies from the latter country. It is probable, when the 
authors followed by the Edinburgh Gazetteer wrote Xheir slc-- 
count of the Laktho, that the whole country now occupied by 
the Tarout Shan was occupied by these Lowa, who live in a 
state similar to what these authors describe as that of the Lak- 
tho. A colony of civilized Shan, probably the Kio to Tunquin, 
having since settled among the Lowas or Lolos, has civilized a 
considerable portion, and founded Kiainroungri and its depen- 
dencies. 
The name of the Tarout Shan capital was written in the 
Mranma character by the relation to the secretary of state, 
whom I have already mentioned, (No. VII. p. 76. of this Jour- 
nal)- According to his orthography it should be Kiainroungri, 
and this I look upon as the best authority ; but others call it 
Kiainiunghari and Kaeniunghari, which look more different in 
writing than they appear when pronounced, the R by the Mran- 
mas being generally softened in pronunciation to I or Y. 
Art. XII. — Geological Remarhs on the Roch (yf Gibraltar and 
the adjacent Country. By Mr John Baird 
The Rock of Gibraltar is a huge insulated mass of limestone, 
surrounded on three sides by the sea, and on the fourth by a 
low sandy tract of land called the Neutral Ground, by which it 
is connected with the continent of Spain. It is probable, I 
think, that this low neck of land, which in general rises but a 
few feet above the level of the bay, has at one time been cover- 
ed by the sea, leaving the Rock of Gibraltar an abrupt rocky 
island mass a few miles from the main land of Spain. 
The north and east sides of this rock present an almost per- 
pendicular steepness from top to bottom. The west side slopes 
at about an average angle of 45°. The south end or side of the 
rock is at first quite perpendicular, and then falls gradually 
down tovfards Europa Point. The town is built near the foot 
Read before the V/ernerian Natural History Society. 
