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Notes and Observations, in continuation, from Dr. Walker, Madras 

 Medical Service, on a tour in H, H. the Nizam's Territories, 



On the evening of the 25th of April I left Chinnore, and reached 

 Khummamait on the 3d of last month. 



Until within thirty miles of Worungul, the sandstone remained the 

 surface rock, but, at this point, the sienite appeared, with its charac- 

 teristic tors and logging stones, and continued so all the way to 

 Khummum. The various trees mentioned in former reports were 

 seen in abundance, particularly in the sandstone country, the greater 

 portion of which is covered by them, forming, in many parts, a dense 

 forest. The granitic country, on the other hand, although sufficiently 

 well wooded, is, throughout, a much more open country, the tree vege- 

 tation being neither so various, nor so luxuriant, as that of the former. 

 The Circar of Khummamait, differs in scarcely any of its cultivated 

 productions from that of Worungul. The dry grains and legumes 

 of both are identical, and there is scarcely a variety of rice cultivated 

 in the one, that is not grown in the other. Of the garden produce, 

 Turmeric alone, (^Curcuma Longa,) would appear to be exclusively 

 cultivated at Khummum. 



Mineral productions. — Iron ore, of the kind mentioned in the first 

 report, occurs in the neighbourhood of Khummum, even more abun- 

 dantly than at Hunnumkoondah. In preparing the iron, the great fault 

 observed in the process, is, the little care bestowed in pounding the 

 ore ; the workmen, instead of reducing it to a fine powder, as is done 

 in Sweden, content themselves by breaking it into pieces about the 

 size of a hazel nut. Much additional labour, and an unnecessary ex- 

 penditure of fuel, are the consequences of this error. 



The garnet mines of Gopulrowpet, described by Dr. Voysey, are 

 situated to the north-east of Khummum, towards the Godavery, distant 

 about seventy miles. According to his description, which would appear 



to be found in the alluvium, composed of the debris of a rock of gar- 

 netic granite ; specimens are sent of the garnets ; which are mined and 



exported in their rough state to Hydrabad on the Coast, where they 



are cut. 



Animal productions. — A considerable quantity of deer and buffa- 



loe's horns, the former brought from the jungles, is sent from Khum- 



