NOTES ON THE COAL DEPOSITS WHICH HAVE BEEN 
DISCOVERED ALONG THE SIAMESE COAST FROM PI- 
NANG TO THE VICINITY OF JUNKCEYLON. 
By Lieut . Colonel James Low, 
M. A. S. C. & C. M. n. A. S. 
It is not my intention at present to enter into any geological des¬ 
cription of the Coal fiields which have been discovered to the North¬ 
ward of this Island, as a more complete examination of them than 
circumstances have as yet permitted remains to be made. But a 
lew brief notices in the mean time may prove acceptable to those 
who view with intense gratification every additional discovery of a 
mineral, which, while it irresistably impels commerce over the whole 
globe, invests it also with a halo of romance, for, ugly as a steamer 
may perhaps be thought to be when viewed physically, its moral 
grandeur and mighty perspective influence, must deeply impress 
every reflective mind. 
About ten years ago specimens of Coal were brought to me by 
natives from the vicinity of Trang, one of the lower provinces of 
Siam. As steamers did not then ply through the Straits, and 1 was 
for several years absent from the Island, I did not then examine 
the localities. On my return, however, I again prosecuted the en¬ 
quiry ; and, after obtaining several specimens, was preparing to sad 
in my pleasure boat to the northward, when I tound the H. C. 
Steamer Hooghly was bound ou a similar errand as myself. By 
the obliging permission of the Honble the Governor, Lt. Col. But- 
terworth, l took my passage in this vessel. The coal which was 
the chief object of the excursion was that which has been examined 
in Culcutta at the Government Mint by Dr. 0‘Shaughnessy. Our 
guide having proved false, we were obliged to return without hav¬ 
ing attained that object. But we visited the Tama Coal deposit, 
and several other localities, where.I have every reasons to suppose, 
from the nature of the strata, that Coal will be yet found. I proceed 
now, but briefly, to describe the coal of which I have specimens. 
I hope hereafter to see a chemical analysis of them by the amc 
sayest abovementioned,—specimens having been sent by me to the 
