116 Dr Christie 07i the Meteorology, Geology, <^c. 



are next to the plain, have a slight inclination forwards, and ap- 

 pear as if a very slight force would be sufficient to occasion their 

 complete degradation. 



' The two small forts of Badamy are built upon these precipi- 

 tous sandstone hills. Next the plain these forts are protected by 

 a precipice of two hundred feet ; and, on the opposite sides, they 

 are defended by deep rents, which separate them from the adjoin- 

 ing parts of the hill . The only access to the forts is up through 

 the rents already mentioned. Upon entering these at the bot- 

 tom, you have on each side of you immense walls of rock, from 

 oner to two hundred feet high, and affording a passage of only a 

 few feet in width. The rents are less deep as you advance ; and 

 tlie ascent is generally by means of steps cut in the solid rock: 



A cave, the roof of which is supported by pillars, and the sides 

 carved with representations of some of the Hindoo deities, is ex- 

 cavated in the sandstone of Badamy. It is not, however, to be 

 compared, in point of size, with the caves of Elephanta or EUora. 



Secondare/ Trap Rocks. 



Trap rocks occur very extensively in different parts of India: 

 They are met with in some parts of Mysore and Hydrabad. 

 They occupy a very large part of the Decan, extend from near 

 Fort Victoria on the western coast northward beyond Bombay, 

 stretch thence across the country through Kandeish into Mal- 

 wa ; and are also met with in Bundelcund and Marwar *. 



In the Darwar district they do not occur in great abundance. 

 The great formation of trap, which extends all the way from the 

 northern parts of the Decan to the south of the Kistnah, ter- 

 minates here; and the trap hills to the south and east of Bel- 

 gaum probably form its boundary in that direction. It is there- 

 fore in the north-western part of this district that the trap is prin- 

 cipally met with. I must also mention, however, that I found a 

 compact greenstone at Sedasheghur resting upon granite ; but I 

 am inclined to think that it does not belong to the secondary 

 trap which we are now considering, but to a much older forma- 

 tion: 



The trap in the neighbourhood of Belgaum forms rounded 



• Vide Mr Fraser's paper in the first volume of the Geological Society's 

 Transactionsi New Series. 



