MIDNAPOKE, OKISSA, &C. 279 



Under the thick mass of laterite seen at Gop House, Midnapore, a 

 white clay is seen of no great thickness, and dis- 

 colored here and there with ferruginous stains. 

 Similar clay is also seen to the west in several places. Again southward 

 near Cuttack, on a hill a little west of Kukkur, in another near Naraj, 

 and at some other places in the sandstones, a bed of soft white 

 clay occurs ; this is largely extracted and used by the natives in dress- 

 ing leather, and also mixed with water as a wash to ornament their 

 houses. It might prove a good material for porcelain. 



Many of the alluvial clays, when not kunkuriferous, make vei'y tolera- 

 ble bricks, and are generally used for that purpose. 



