894 March from Brimhan Ghat to Umurkuntuk. [No. 105. 



at the next stream, close to the village of Kurpee, the same limestone forms 

 the bed as at the Kamp nulla No. 53. 



Khoorea, nine and three quarter miles. On leaving camp the Agur nulla, the 

 bed of which is rolled pebbles and sand, is crossed, and the first two miles is 

 over the plain we have had since Boorla, after which we entered jungle 

 gradually increasing until it becomes a dense tree (among them the sal 

 again) and grass forest, all the way to the Munyuree nulla, the bed of 

 which is granite (with rolled pebbles and sand) as per specimens No 57, 

 58, 59, 60, 61 ; a little to the left of the ford is the steatite No. 62, strata 

 running nearly east and west, diagonally crossing the bed of the stream, 

 also parallel the quartz No 63, 64, in thin laminae. At this place was shot 

 by Lt. Clement Browne a beautiful squirrel, which Colonel. Sykes named 

 Sciurus Elphinstonii (As. Jour. vol. i. p. 165 ) ; they are also found in the 

 Mahadeo hills. 



Kutamee, nine and three quarter miles. This march skirts the Munyarie 

 nulla, and is thick tree and grass jungle, but good road, and slightly ascen- 

 ding the whole way; the formation is granite and massive quartz, with 

 exception of the bed of a small nulla which was basalt. At the village 

 the bed of the Munyarie had ledges of compact basalt running across, and 

 close to that gneiss No. 65, and higher up hornblende with feldspar No. QQ ; 

 beyond and below, granite No. 67 and 68. 



Lumnee, nine and a quarter miles. This is a bad and difficult march for 

 cattle and baggage, the road being very stony. We crossed the Munyarie 

 immediately on leaving camp, and two miles on a bad stony descent to a 

 small stream, and the ascent not much better ; pass through a dense forest, 

 the diameter of many of the sal trees was very great. On reaching a 

 stream about three miles from our camp the road begins to wind up a very 

 long, and in places steep ghatee. The jungle exceedingly thick, from the 

 summit of which is an extensive view over the plains we have left. The 

 formation is primitive rock, at the top mica schist No. 69, and gneiss No. 

 70, 71. On attaining the summit, bamboos were very luxuriant and dense 

 for a mile or so, a feature in the scenery not observed in the forest below. 

 The road now winds along the crests of hills which brings you to a des- 

 cent of about half a mile (neither so steep or stony as the ascent) into the^ 

 plain of Lumnee ; a few huts constitute the village. JH 



Umurkuntuk, the source of the Nerbudda, eleven miles. The bed of the 

 nulla is trap No 72, and about a mile further a nulla cuts through a hill 

 of micaceous schist No. 73, and bed of the nulla No. 74. The road now is 

 a series of ascents and descents covered with jungle ; formation granite 

 No. 75, mixed with sienite No. 76, 77, 78, 79. At the Bhereeghur nulla, 

 compact feldspar No. 80, and granite No. 81, compose its bed. 



