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for four or five miles, when the road lies between two conical hills, Kimrae, 

 No. 109, basalt, and so at the nulla of the same name No. 110, when 

 the country is more open, trees chiefly sal, and some of good size. Ghoo- 

 raree nulla sandstone No. Ill, more compact than that at Khyrra Palee, 

 all sandstone, and near a small tank adjoining the village there are ruins of 

 a very large temple; the only image taken care of is that of Doorga slaying 

 the giant Mahekhasoor, which is housed under a small hut, and from oil and 

 attention is in fine preservation ; in a westerly direction, about one and a half 

 miles, we came to the Johilla river again, which was crossed, before above 

 the ghat, and in its bed were traces of coal as per specimens No. 112; 113 

 is the sandstone forming the banks of the river. The bed, chiefly trap 

 boulders, among which are those of syenite No. 115, large masses of a soft 

 sandstone, with pyrites imbedded No. 116, sandstone and shale No. 117, and 

 anthracite No. 118. On the top of the bank were boulders of shell 

 breccia No. 119. Goohparoo 10 J miles, road good all the way; about 

 three and a half cross the Johilla river, a considerable stream, rather stony 

 and bad ; cross the Goorchut nulla, a sandstone conglomerate No. 120, after 

 which a dreary plain up to Goohparoo, a very conspicuous peak ; the circuit 

 (W. N. W. two or three miles) to round which, and another two marches on, 

 causes us to make so much northing of west. 



Oomureea, eight miles. The first part of this march is jungly and stony, 

 leading over a smaU ridge, about the middle of which is the Putpuree 

 nulla (limestone No. 121,) and the boundary of our and the Rewah state; 

 some distance on large blocks of limestone rise up in very irregular shapes, 

 which are called Baynsa Dadur, No. 122, from thence a slight descent into 

 a plain with small conical hills of basalt as at Kerantal, No. 123 ; the beds 

 of the nullas are sandstone, as at Khyrra. Rather a large stream, the 

 Oomrar, divides the villages of Gomureea and Khulesur, all sandstone. In 

 a small nulla about two miles oif, called the Manhunha, which runs into 

 the Oomrar, traces of coal are found, as per specimen No. 124, sandstone 

 125. The bed of the nulla here is called Debee Koond, slate 126, from the 

 circumstance of some forty years ago a fire having sprung out and consumed 

 a Semul tree, and which spot has continued at intervals of every four or 

 five years to emit a flame ; I have no doubt that some similar trick as that 

 described by Captain Kittoe is played off* by the Bramins on discovering 

 that the stone would burn. 



Koureea, thirteen and a half miles. The road for the first four miles is hilly 

 and stony, thin jungle, all sandstone, then an open cultivated plain up to 

 some low hills of primitive formation, syenite No. 127, 128 ; cross the Nursaha 

 nulla, the bed of which is granite No. 129, 130, winding through low hills 

 round the shoulder of a small hill at the Sunreha nulla which and the bed 



