262 MIDNAPOREj ORISSA, &C. 



be distinctly seen in the large masses of rocki?. It continues to strike 

 about N. E. and S. W. with a dip to the S. E. of about 50". The 

 rock Is highly jointed, and in some places presents a structure ap- 

 proaching the columnar. 



Still further to the S. W, and near the Splundi Nuddi, quartz schist 



_.,, o , ,. comes in, well foliated and sharply cleavable. 



Ditto near bplundi ' i •' 



Eiver. Occasionally it contains a small quantity of talc, 



and is of a greenish colour, in other places it is slaty. A detached hill 

 near BuquiepTir* is formed of these quartzite rocks, and so is all the 

 range from near this to the S. W. extremity near the village of Rogadi, 

 with the exception of the immediate neighbourhood of the Splundi Nuddi 

 at the spot where it leaves the hills. Here syenite occurs and the same 

 rock also forms a detached hill near Darrapur. All the S. W. "portion of 

 the range Is free from the trap dykes which are so conspicuous to the 

 N. E. of Jugjuri. 



There are no hills S. of this within the boundary of the provincef till 

 the Brahmini is passed, nor does any gneiss occur, 

 the Brahmini and Maha- To the south of that river in the killahs of Bul- 

 rampooi", Mudpoor, Dinpoor, Kulkullah, &c.j and 

 scattered over the country to the east as far as pergunnah Ultee, there 

 are numerous hills more or less' isolated, and all composed of gneiss. 

 Along the Brahmini near Buli'ampoor, and thence east and south for 

 some miles the rock is compact and occasionally even exfoliating, as in 

 the Nilgiri hills, but; further south, a peculiar form of gneiss, generally 

 more or less decomposed, comes in. It is marked by numerous red 

 blotches, the remains of disintegrated garnets, A steatitic mineral is 

 common in the fissures. This form of the gneiss is occasionally quarried 

 for various purposes, Its softness rendering it easily available. 



* This name should be Bakipur. 

 •f The mass of the Nilgiri hills Is outside the province, but in many places the range 

 forms the boundary. 



