1840.] March from Brimhan Ghat to Umurkuntuk, 895 



The remainder to Putpura nulla, seven miles, primary rocks, the jungle 

 very thick and dense ; the bed of this nulla is composed of rolled laterite and 

 trap boulders, lying on granite and quartz, where the rock shows itself ; 

 half a mile on the Sampghur nulla is crossed twice, a fine stream, and water 

 most excellent. From it the specimen No. 82 quartz, mica, and feldspar. 



On crossing this stream the second time, the ascent of the Jogee ghatee 

 commences ; formation trap boulders. The ascent is about a mile, in places 

 steep, but very good for all laden cattle, baring its steepness, there being no 

 rocky steps or ledges in it ; the whole very dense tree, bamboo, and grass 

 jungle. To the left, and on the banks of the nulla, tokens of a former site 

 of a village, evinced by the plantain and mango trees ; with exception of 

 No. 83 marl, and No. 84 lateritish clay, the whole of the upper part of 

 the hill is laterite, as specimens No. 85, 86, and the very summit No. 87. 

 On arriving at the top a fine open plain, with a few trees scattered about, 

 give a very park-like appearance to the scenery. 



I shall now return, and trace the direct road to this holy spot from Ram- 

 nuggur. 



Ramnuggur to Ghooghree thirteen miles ; for the first two miles the open 

 cultivated plain of the Nerbudda, when you approach hills and enter a 

 defile with a gradual ascent : about two miles further, you come to a pukka 

 boulee of the same style as the buildings at Ramnuggur. The road gradu- 

 ally closes into a few feet, and becomes steeper, the hills on each side ris- 

 ing up 100 feet above the road. The whole ghatee called Bidee is stony and 

 bad, with dense bamboo grass and tree jungle infested by tigers. The for- 

 mation is trap. On attaining the crest at six miles, the road opens out again, 

 and the hills recede right and left ; the soil is siliceous with quartz (massive 

 and crystallized) and calcedony strewed about. From hence to Ghoogh- 

 ree the country is rather open, jungle thin, small hills about, with valleys 

 and streams, and here and there a Gound village, with patches of cultiva- 

 tion ; road very good from the crest. The village is rather large for this 

 part of the country, and on the banks of a very fine brawling stream 200 

 yards wide, the Boorhner. 



Sulwah, nine miles. A mile and half on, cross the Boorhner a short dis- 

 tance below its junction with the Hullo wn, these united streams are very 

 considerable feeders of the Nerbudda. The bed is rocky (basalt) ; on leaving 

 it there is a steep stony ascent ofabouthalf a mile, and a mile and a half fur- 

 ther another of about 100 yards, which is a spur of the Patungurh hill, the 

 peak of which towers some seven or eight hundred feet above ; on its sum- 

 mit there is said to be a spring of water, and many fine trees could be seen. 

 The crest has some appearance of a fort, and the natives declare it to have 

 been made by the Deotas ; on passing this hill there is rather an extensive 



