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the. play of colours so remarkable in the Labrador felspar. 

 Besides these, another rock, composed of quartz, red felspar, 

 and steatite, with occasional scales of mica, is found ; and also 

 hornblende slate, through the substance of which quartz is dis- 

 seminated. Schorl frequently occurs in these rocks. 



At a village called Bheelwarrah, I observed, at the surface of 

 the plain, an extensive series of alternations of strata of green- 

 stone approaching to hornblende-slate and quartz. The quartz 

 in some situations was nearly pure ; in others hornblende was 

 disseminated through it, while in others mica made its appear- 

 ance, but in small quantity. In the greenstone strata, numerous 

 veins of quartz were observed ; and both sets of strata were tra- 

 versed by numerous veins of calcareous spar, obviously of pos- 

 terior formation, and which could be traced to a bed of lime- 

 stone resting upon the alternating beds, similar to the kunkur 

 before mentioned. This series I traced along the dried up 

 course of a rivulet, for a considerable distance. 



About forty miles north-west of Cheetore, stands the fortified 

 town of Buneerah, situated at the termination of a range of 

 hills, which extends from this town to a considerable distance, 

 in a south-westerly direction. I examined one of the hills of 

 this range. The base was formed of different granitic rocks, 

 distinctly stratified, and alternating with one another. One set 

 of strata con.sisted of a very fine granular grey granite, easily 

 affected by the atmosphere, and, in its partially decomposed state, 

 exactly resembling a sandstone. Another was granite, in which 

 the quartz and felspar occurred in large angolar concretions ; 

 and the mica, though more plentiful than in the former, was 

 still in small quantity ; and the whole mass was traversed by 

 veins of felspar, or rather adularia, with a beautiful pearly lustre. 

 Another variety of granite also occurred, in which the mica, of 

 a dark grey colour, was distinctly crystallized, as were also the 

 quartz and felspar. On the very summit of the hill was the 

 limestone or kunkur formation already described. The shape 

 of the hills in the neighbourhood was round, approaching to 

 conical, and the rocks composing them were distinctly stratified. 

 I sent my servants to collect specimens, from various other si- 

 tuations, which I pointed out, and 1 found them of a similar na- 

 ture to those mentioned above. In tliis neighbourhood I found 



