48 RANGE OF NUNDAWAR. [CH. IT. 



disturbed . '* Mr. Brown" soon discovered that the fugitives 

 were females, and, following their track, he found a bag, 

 apparently thrown down in hasty flight. He called loudly 

 and repeatedly, at the same time tracing the footsteps 

 through the long grass into a rocky glen, but no person ap- 

 peared. 



We placed the grilled snake, as it seemed quite cooked, 

 within the wooden bowl, and we left also a head-band 

 (ulngiicr), which we had found near the fire, and we then 

 continued our journey up the mountains. This range con- 

 sisted of a different rock from any I had seen in the country, 

 a chocolate coloured trapean conglomerate. A very dark 

 colour distinguished these rocky masses, which terminated in 

 pointed obelisks, or were broken into bold terraces of dismal 

 aspect. In the little stream, were many pebbles of vesi- 

 cular trap, probably an amygdaloid with the kernels decom- 

 posed, but containing particles of olivine ; also pebbles 

 of a syenitic compound, consisting of quartz, hornblende, 

 and felspar; and of compact felspar, mottled green and wlme, 

 the green colour probably being due to chlorite or green earth, 

 and they enclosed also decomposed crystals of mica and 

 hornblende. After climbing about one mile and a half, we 

 reached a lofty summit, where I hoped to obtain a view 

 beyond the range, or at least to discover how it might be 

 crossed, but 1 was disappointed. Distant summits, more lofty 

 and difiicult of access, obstructed our view towards the east, 

 north, and even west ; while the only link connecting the hill 

 we had gained with those still higher, was a very bold, naked 

 rock, presenting a perpendicular side, at least 200 feet in 

 height. To proceed further in that direction, was therefore 

 quite out of the question. (See plate 7.) 



As we descended, we came suddenly on an old woman, 

 who, as soon as she saw us, ran oif in terror. I oidcred the 

 two men who accompanied me to keep back, until " Mr. 

 Brown" could overtake and tell licr, that we intended no 

 harm ; and she was easily persuaded, after a brief conver- 



