298 Voysey’s Report on the Geology of Hyderabad. [Junz, 
II.—Report on the Geology of Hyderabad. By H. H. Voysey, Esq. Sur- 
geon and Geologist to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1819*. 
The country in which Colonel Lampton carried on his Trigonome- 
trical Survey, during the months of January, February, and March, 
1819, lies between Hyderabad and the Godavery. The most northern 
station being the hill of Shivalingapah, near the Godavery. The most 
eastern, Chittial near Maidak ; and the most western, Oudgir. 
The country between these points was traversed in many directions, 
and the nature of the rocks, minerals and soils described; and al- 
though in many instances it was not possible to ascertain the extent 
of the ranges by tracing them through the jungle, yet the appearance 
of an identical or nearly similar rock taking the same direction has been 
thought a sufficient proof of the continuity of the formation. 
* The papers of Doctor Voysry have long been anxiously inquired for by his 
friends in India. After his death it was known that his numerous manuscripts and 
journals had come into the possession of the Asiatic Society, and had been placed in 
the hands of some of the Members of the Physical Committee, in order to bedigested 
and arranged for publication. This arduous but pleasing task had in a great measure 
been accomplished by the successive labours of Mr. Wriuson, and Captain Franx- 
LIN but principally of the former. The relatives of Doctor Voysry in Eng- 
land, anxious only for the fame of one whose memory was so dear to them, 
had freely and feelingly consented to such use being made of his papers; when a 
temporary check was experienced from an unexpected quarter. Mr. Have tu, 
a professional artist, had it seems given Dr. Voysry a few hints in sketch- 
ing; and had made some illustrative drawings (though but one such was found 
among the papers) which he considered of sufficient value to be made the 
subject of a formal claim. ‘* Dr. Voysry’s valuable collection,” says his 
letter, “‘ his writings, and my drawings have been seized upon by some call- 
ing themselves the Asiatic Society; they are about to publish a selection from 
his writings, without consulting his friends, or making them any compensation !’”’ 
It might have been presumed, that a man who had lived in India would have known 
that scientific works were not very likely to pay the expence of publication, much 
less _to realize profit, however the more favored productions of artists might succeed ! 
From this and other causes however the digest of his journals has been hitherto pre- 
vented from seeing the light, and they were less likely to do so in the present depress- 
ed state of the Society’s pecuniary means. We are therefore happy in the per.. 
mission granted us to publish them in the pages of this journal, either separately as 
has been done with BucHANAN’s Statistics,or incorporated chapter by chapter with the 
monthly numbers of the work. As a commencement, we have selected the reports sub- 
mitted to the Marquess or Hastines, by Dr. Vorsry himself, as Geologist to the 
Trigonometrical Survey, in 1819 and 1820. These in fact form the best digest of 
his proceedings for those two years, and they will serve to introduce the reader to a 
preliminary knowledge of the Geology of the Hyderabad provinces, while their separa- 
tion will not interfere with the text of the journal itself.—Ep. 
