1 180 Visit to Melum and the Oonta [No. 132. 



road pretty good along the course of the stream, which falls into the 

 Ramgunga at Teejum. Rock near Geergaon, gneiss ; a little below, 

 the white talcky rock,* and limestone with blocks of gneiss. 



Wth October. — Marched at 6h. 40m. a. m., fine morning. At the 

 Sanga\ a little below Ramarree, ther. 9° 40' a. m., barometer 26.595, 

 air 65°, mercury 69°, moist ther. 61° 5'. Road to the Sanga generally 

 very good along the side of the stream ; a few places very bad for the 

 ponies, ascent to Ramarree very steep, occupied only half an hour. 

 Arrived at Ramarree at lOh. 30m., halted nearly an hour on the road, 

 which would make the marching distance about three hours; rock 

 generally limestone. The cheer treej first made its appearance near 

 the junction of the Jukkeela, N. with the Ramgunga. 



Wth October — 6 a. m. ther. 55° 5', moist ther. 52°, tine morning. 

 Marched 6h. 20m. a. m., arrived at Sania lOh. 40m. a. m., halted on the 

 road about half an hour, time in marching 3h. 50m., ascent (steep) 

 of half an hour from Ramarree, descent thirty-five minutes to stream, 

 which falls into the stream Muhgaree, from thence to the Pass along 



Specimens tne s ^ e °* tfte s ^ ream which we crossed four or 



116 to 122. fi ve t j meSj occupied lh. 50m.; rock limestone, 



(silicious). The high Pass above the village of Punneealee is called — ? 

 Time9h. 25m. a. m., barometer 23.635, mercury 75°, air 59° 5', moist 

 ther. 54° 5'. Stopped about twenty minutes, and reached Sama in about 

 one hour; rock limestone, some with talc. Up the ascent a good deal of 

 jungle, and some parts of the road very slippery; on the descent to 

 Sama, hills bare of trees. — 5h. 10m. p. m. slight shock of an earthquake, 

 accompanied by a noise like thunder (pretty loud,) no clouds visible, 

 sound appeared to travel from East to West. — 5h. 25m. p. m., moist 

 ther. 56,° ther. 62° 5'. Sama is a very pretty place, with some very fine 

 horse chesnut trees ; the houses are scattered ; the Pardan and people 

 very attentive. 



12^/i October. — 6 a. m. ther. 53° 5', moist ther. 49°. Marched at 

 6h. 30m. a. m. Arrived opposite Nakoree in an hour, at Bureth in 



* Talcose limestone, with the dip of the strata remarkably distinct, (steep and to 

 N.E. generally) is the prevailing formation of the Kaleemondee Range. — J. H. B. 



f Over the Kamgunga river.— Here the travellers entered the Pergunnah of Dan- 

 poor and left Juwahir.— J. H. B. 



% Common pine — J. H. B. 



