Anisotropic manifestation of short-range magnetic correlations in Ce0.6La0.4RhIn5

∼ 4.5 K. Thisanomaly, claimed to be related to short-range correlations, is observed only along the c-axis, con-firming that anisotropy plays an important role in these 115 compounds.No particular feature isassociated with the magnetic correlations in the magnetostriction measurements. The magneticfield dependence of the volume is quadratic in field as expected for a paramagnetic system, aboveand below T