MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES, &C, 
SI 
Puto Ladda, Pula Lankawl and the mainland between Kid&h, and 
Junkceylon, where the Hooghly recently proceeded in search of 
coal As a gentleman who, amongst his many other distinguished 
researches, has done good service to Geology, and whom we may 
congratulate our readers on being able to number amongst our 
ablest coadjutors,—Lieutenant Colonel Low,—is zealously investi¬ 
gating the Geology of that portion of the Peninsula, we abstain from 
making any remarks on these rocks for the present, 
Oold from pankallang Bukit, and Gold and Tin 
from Crongong on the Johore Skiver* 
We lately received some specimens of Gold from H. H, SULTAN 
j&xli Iskander Shah, and some others, with specimens of Tin, 
from the Hon’ble T. Church Esq., which had been furnished by H. 
H the Tamungoxg of Johore. They are all of excellent quality and 
from Limbongans or pits which have been recently opened. The first 
is from a Limbongan made in the alluvial soil at the foot of a hill and 
near a small stream at Pankallang Bukit, which is about 4 hours 
(Malayan reckoning) inland from Tanjong Gading, a Point between 
the mouths of the rivers Miu&r and Kissang in the north of Johore; 
the last are from Gongong on the Johore River in the south of 
that kingdom, and are fresh proofs how widely spread these va¬ 
luable metals are throughout the country. 
Case of Poisoning by Mushrooms* 
As cases of this kind seldom occur, they are interesting from their 
novelty, and as the Mushroom is in common use by many na¬ 
tives, and even Europeans, the narration of a recent occurrence 
of the kind may not be without use. On Saturday the 18th. ult., 
two persons, a Bugis man and a Balinese woman, partook of a 
stew composed of Mushrooms which had been gathered m the 
morning by a Caffre woman who makes a practice of doing so. 
The Malay name of the Mushroom in question is Chandawan 
lilin. It of a bright sulphur colour, becoming paler and more 
watery round the edge of the cap, which is smooth, turned 
down, and of a waxy-hue. It is about one inch long, in its 
long diameter, ovoid in its shape, and nodulose in its upper 
surface, but smooth. Cells parallel, laminae of three different 
sizes. Stem about one inch and a half long, smooth, no veil 
Hab: attached to trees, taste mushroom like, but not bitter or 
astringent. According to Loudon’s description, it approaches the 
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