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their beds were invariably rocky or pebbly, and the 

 waters white and muddy from the quantity of alumina. 

 In one little rocky dell the water gushed through a hole in 

 a soft stratum in the gneiss ; a trifling circumstance which 

 was not lost upon the crafty Brahmins, who had cut a 

 series of regular holes for the water, ornamented the rocks 

 with red paint, and a row of little iron tridents of Siva, 

 and dedicated the whole to Mahadeo. 



In some spots the vegetation was exceedingly fine, and 

 several large trees occurred: I measured a Toon {Cedrela) 

 thirty feet in girth at five feet above the ground. The skirts 

 of the forest were adorned with numerous jungle flowers, 

 rice crops, blue AcantJtacece and Pavetfa, wild cherry-trees 

 covered with scarlet blossoms, and trees of the purple and 

 lilac Bauhinia ; while Thunbergia, Convolvulus, and other 

 climbers, hung in graceful festoons from the boughs, and 

 on the dry micaceous rocks the Luculia gratissima, one of 

 our common hot-house ornaments, grew in profusion, 

 its gorgeous heads of blossoms scenting the air. 



At the junction of the Pern mi and Khawa rivers, there 

 are high rocks of mica-slate, and broad river-terraces of 

 stratified sand and pebbles, apparently alternating with 

 deposits of shingle. On this hot, open expanse, elevated 

 2250 feet, appeared many trees and plants of the Terai and 

 plains, as pomegranate, peepul, and sal; with extensive 

 fields of cotton, indigo, and irrigated rice. 



We followed the north bank of the Khawa, which runs 

 westerly through a gorge, between high cliffs of chlorite, 

 containing thick beds of stratified quartz. At the angles 

 of the river broad terraces are formed, fifteen to thirty feet 

 above its bed, similar to those just mentioned, and planted 

 with rows of Acacia Serissa, or laid out in rice fields, 

 or sugar plantations. 



