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thirty miles north of the table land of Malwah, where they ter- 

 minate in a primitive district. They are bounded on the east 

 by the Cheetore range, and extend westward to a distance of 

 about fourteen miles, when we again meet with primitive rocks. 

 Over this portion of the country are scattered several de- 

 tached groups of low hills. One of these it may be worth while 

 to describe. It is situated about fourteen miles north of the 

 cantonment of Neemuch, near a village called Sawah. I found 

 that the lowest strata of this hill consisted of clay-slate of a 

 bluish colour, approaching to roofing slate, but of a more friable 

 nature. Immediately above these, strata of flinty slate occur, 

 which are succeeded by another earthy slate of a light colour, 

 sectile, adhering to the tongue, and with a distinct slaty struc- 

 ture. On exposure to the air, this variety acquires a white 

 crust, apparently of an aluminous nature. Above this is strati- 

 fied quartz rock, which gradually passes into a conglomerate, 

 containing rounded masses of Lydian-stone, quartz, &c. Above 

 this, again, there is another bed of the last-mentioned earthy 

 rock. The hill was here so completely covered with jungles, 

 that I could proceed no farther. I was, however, very near 

 the summit, and as it was covered with debris, composed of 

 a very beautiful conglomerate, I have no doubt that it was 

 formed of this. This conglomerate was composed of rounded 

 grains of quartz, about the size of a pea ; the centre of which 

 sometimes contained minute quartz crystals. These were ce- 

 mented together by a base of a very pretty agate-jasper ; which 

 is capable of receiving a high polish. It was associated with a 

 red clay ironstone, in which were found specimens of botryoidal 

 haematite. Except the clay-slate, which forms the base of the 

 hill, and the flinty-slate, I did not observe any of the rocks 

 which are seen in the plains. 



. We shall now make a few observations upon the valley of 

 Oudeypore. This valley is about thirty miles in circumfe- 

 rence. The pi'imitive range of mountains which extends from 

 the district of Ajmere to the south, splits here into several colla- 

 teral ranges, betwixt two of which the valley in question is situ- 

 ated. It is completely surrounded on every side by hills, the 

 only passages through which are by narrow gauts or ravines. 

 It is not a valley, properly so called, but consists of a number 



