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miles N. by E. soil the same as last. 31st. — Chourah 12 miles NNE. 

 granite appears in a few places above the soil, which is same as before. 

 1st. November, 1840. — Phughie 10 miles NNE. \ E. deep soil same 

 as before, no rock above. 3rd. — Raenwal Cowise NNE. 9 miles, quartz 

 which appears in hummocks above the soil. 4th. — Neutah 7 miles 

 NNE. deep sand. 5th. — Jhootwarrah 13 miles N. by E. 4 miles west 

 from Jeypore, very deep heavy sand; the river near Jeypore shews the 

 sand to the depth of from 40 to 60 feet ; the rock on which the fort and 

 palace are built rises very precipitously from the plain, particularly on 

 the side next the town; it appears to be of quartz and mica, and a great 

 part of it is hornstone, of which the buildings around are principally 

 built ; but there is very good mica slate around it, which is also used in 

 the buildings. I am informed that there is very fine marble got some- 

 where near, but I have not seen it. The town of Jeypore is well 

 watered and extensive, the streets are wide, and would be handsome if 

 the aqueducts which have been built along the centre of the principal 

 ones were kept up, but they have been allowed to go to ruin, and in 

 fact like all towns under native Raj, the greater half of the whole is ruin- 

 ous ; the original design has been splendid. 7th. — Nangul 8 miles, course 

 north, sandy soil. 8th. — Samote, 12 miles N. by E. soil alluvial, the hills 

 are all of quartz, and quartz united with mica in minute plates. 9th. — 

 Munohurpore 13 miles NNE. deep sand, hills same as before. 10th. — 

 Bhabra 12 miles NNE. sandy hills as before. 11th. — Prangpoor 11 miles 

 N. by E. sandy ditto. 12th. — Khote Pootlee 9 miles N. by E. same as last, 

 the hills some miles to the westward granitic ; the pillars of a tomb at 

 this place are of a very fine close granite, identical with the best 

 Aberdeen granite ; in the same range of hills there are copper mines, 

 worked very imperfectly, at Suhamah, about 15 miles from this; it is 

 principally the copper pyrites the natives work upon. There is also gold 

 found in this range, generally I believe in the arborescent form. 14th. — 

 Shun war, 10 miles N. by E. an upturned ridge of blue clay slate which 

 has the appearance of a trap dyke, and which is decidedly trap in some 

 parts, forms the ridge at the back of which the town is built, having a 

 couple of round towers built on the summit of it ; to the west, the hills 

 about a mile off are of lime, which appears of volcanic formation ; it is 

 twisted and turned, and as if it were in the state of slag, with thin 

 layers of quartz, about i of an inch in breadth, running through it, at 

 about a distance of 8 to 10 feet from each other. There are crystals of 

 copper pyrites in it, I got also malachite, and I found in one place in 

 a mass of the rock a considerable lump of spathose iron, brown spar, 

 Carb, Fe\ Thereabouts it has every appearance of rich copper. 15th. — 



