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from the inspection of the Country. The British 

 provinces along the Ganges from Hari-dwar, down 

 to the mouth of that river, was formerly an arm of 

 the sea : and, in the same manner, toward the West, 

 another arm of the sea extended from the mouth of 

 the Lidus to Hari-dwar, and there met the other 

 from the East. A delineation of the Northern 

 shores of India could not be attended with much 

 difficulty, as they are, in general, sufficiently ob- 

 vious. The sea coast may be traced from the Neel- 

 gur mountains to RajamaJil, where it turns sud- 

 denly to the West. There the shore is bold, and 

 rises abruptly, forming a promontory, consisting 

 chiefly of large rounded stones, irregularly heaped 

 together, but these irregular heaps may be only 

 the ruins of more re^'ular strata in the mountain. 

 These stones are, in general, of an oval, yet irre- 

 gular shape, about two feet long, sometimes three. 

 Their superior and inferior surfaces are somewhat 

 flattened, and, in some instances, I thought I per- 

 ceived, that one was concave and the other con- 

 vex. I found, also, there some Volcanic miclei above 

 one foot and a half in diameter : in one that was 

 broken the interior coats were very obvious : the 

 outward surface was remarkable for numerous 

 cracks and fissures, some very deep, and all form- 

 ing together a variety of irregular figures. This I 

 found at the foot of the hill, near tiie Sdcri-gully 

 pass ; unfortunately, I am not sufficiently acquaint- 

 ed with Natural History to enter upon such a sub- 

 ject; and I shall conclude with observing, that I 

 conceive the cascade oi' Aliiti-jirna, near this place, 

 to be the remains of the crater of a Vulcano. This 

 I mentioned with a viev/ to enjiaoe the attention 

 or persons better qua?lificd than I am, for such en- 

 quir es *, 



* ill consequence of this. Mi, 8amub;i. Davis, some Irnir 

 ago, requested a German gciillciuan, well skilled in Natural HiS' 



