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the river Hebe fter rains for red earth, washed down 

 the mountains, in which earth the diamonds are 

 matrix was examined by Mr. Motte ; it 

 was a clay nearly as red as burnt brick 4. Till the pe- 

 riod that thi> district was overrun by the Mahrattas, 

 the natives informed Mr Motte that they used to go 

 to the mountains and dig for diamonds ; but this prac- 

 tice they have discontinued, as it would only increase 

 the tribute which they were obliged to pay to their 

 conquerors. The other diamond mines in Ilin !<>-tan 

 are to the south of the Nerbuddah. About the middle 

 of the 17th century, the mines in Sedhout, a 



district in the Balaghaut ceded territories, were very 

 productive, but these, as well a* all the other diamond 

 mines of Hiudostan, have long ceased to be very va- 

 luable, being either exh., neglected. There 

 are also mines at Raolcondab, about 10 miles N. \\ . from 

 the junction of the Beehmah and the Krishna ; at Co- 

 lore, on the southern bank of the latter river, not far 

 .ivir, in the Gentoor circar; and in Golconda. 

 -lian and other opake stones are found near Cam- 

 lay, and garnets near II 



- metals found in Hindostan are gold, iron, and 

 lead ; there are not any i Iver ; and with 

 respect to copper, though it is enumerated by soraeau- 



metals of I ! there seems no 



tatement. * There are no mines 

 of g metal being only found amor, 



and washed i . quantity thus 



: com the Indus and its tributary streams, was 

 . \ much more in ancient thnrs than it i> at pre- 

 u Herodocu* informs us, that the tribute p. 



:> Satrapi* of Persia to Darius Hystaspes was 



ing' >at the sum paid was nearly one-third of 



tlte whole tribute paid by all the 20 Salrapie-. In the 



Acbare*, we learn, that gold was found in thcchan- 



if the Ravey and Keinnuon. The nearer these and 

 other loatan are U. 



In many rsof Assam, that low hito the Brah- 



10 meant uncommon, especially in 

 imous, not only for the quan- 

 tity of its gi.: 



mitr of the H .me miles 



east of Boodicotta, an area of country corn 



.'old dust. I n 



' 

 a branch of the river which fall* into 



dut 

 the sea a) 



Iron 01 



of Hindo-t iti. At buine of the iron works, 4-7 per Sw 

 cent, of malleable iron is obtained from the ore, but it "* "Y**" 

 is by no means in a pure state. On the western side 

 of the south of indhi, the metal in the Velater district 

 of the province of Malabar, where there are many 

 forges, but here also, and indeed all over India, the 

 work is performed in a very ignorant and careless man- 

 ner, pieces of charcoal being frequently enveloped in 



n alter it is smelted. In the Singrowla district 

 of Gundwanah, this metal abounds, the price being from 

 one and a half to two and a half rupees per SO lib. ac 

 cording to the quality. The highland district of Ba- 

 bar is also rich in iron, which is fused for sale by the 

 natives in large quantities. In the south-west coast of 



literal peninsula, there are likewise extensive 

 works for fusing this metal. There are lead mines in 

 the territories of the Rajah of Joudpoor, in the pro- 

 vince of . \jmcer. 



The manufacture of salt from the sea water, and of Rock *& 

 saltpetre will be noticed afterwards; but this is the pro. ** 

 per place to notice the mines of rock-salt in Hindostan. 

 These lie in the district between the Indus and Ihy- 

 . the province of Lahore ; they are uncommonly 

 : and the fragments of rock-salt arc suffi. 

 . hard tor be shaped into different kinds of vessels, 

 ; fe lump* i't' it are brought down to Amritsir, 

 ', slung on each side of < unels, 



v:. Inn ',; c ! -, of ' : ' t -iJIU-nt K M I II 1 1:" - lo:-.l! - 



>wing ooe anothrr. In some parts ot't! 



ti-.i- /nil, ml I-, ^roii/ - jliatrd itli >a!t, p:trlicu. 



, irts of the district of Collar, 



w hire, during the dry season, it is extracted, the surface 

 tvmg been previously scrapt-d off, and 

 collected into heaps. The gn, '""ge, 



and the crystals well denned ; it U however by no 

 pure. During the reign of Tippoo, when, in 

 juence of his rrgulatio ule with the 



Lower Carnatic was declared contraband, the salt was 

 extracted from the > large qu^: (the 



natives entertained a strong prejudice against it. Earth 

 similarly impregnated with muriate of soda is found in 

 LMtocr, to the south i ' .-ore; 

 bat here the muriate seem* to be mixed with the nitrate 

 of soda. Much of the well water here has a saline 

 taste. At: t- as snow, is spread 



is not common ; it sen 

 '.T particles of iron n 

 latter a considerable qu.. 



land 



'Hcctftl during the 



'era a furnace 



of the \ - re is also 



ron ore in the same part of the Mysore 



i' what kind we are not informed. 



with 



lun Eray. 

 'ie dry season, each 



>e Mysore seems to 



tins metal than most other parts 



over part of the morass Calud, on the Kim. Sulphur is 

 found about SO miles to the north of Odeypoor. in the 

 south-eastrrn quarter of t , er, but it 



is neither o strong nor so pare, as that which comes 

 fromSurat. 



are several mineral waters, particularly in the Mineral 

 hilly dilrHt of I ! i. !.!-:. .:i . vK-h ni .-"-c VCTMI are 

 deemeil Mirfl. Mi"t t' tin- \.r'l. m the vicinity of 

 the cu . MO means 



deep, are <: jiregnated with some n; 



stances, probibly with iron, but t . nut been 



analiM-d. In the |{<>xli|Hir . ' the province 



of Kalur, about hall a mile from the banks of the 

 Gango, in a plain nearly surrounded with rotky }nl!-. 

 is a celebrated hot spring, from vhich the flow ol 

 ter is considerable: air hubbies :n 

 on the surface oi the water in grr.it nun 

 there are several cold springs . ihan 10 



from it, the water is so I . nd cannot be 



long k 1 1 in it. Another hot well, ht-ld in great vencrs- 



boirntr. ntansiTe .nd vilaabl* ropptr ir M. at Ohaopoor, a 

 wax fa* of Northern ll.ixio.Un, sic not worked. 



Ulonging to the 



of Nr[-.tul. 



