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paste, in which I believe the three ingredients are found, and in this 

 paste are included angular nodules of crystalline felspar ; this arrange- 

 ment gives a very beautiful appearance to the rock when polished. It 

 is the same rock which has been noticed in the river Kalee below Ookee- 

 muth, and also at Wangtoo bridge. It appears very often to form the 

 transition between granite and gneiss. 



116. The micaceous schist continues to the village of Kohaen, situated 

 below the foot of the Tekkar, but every where covered by a thick coat of 

 debris. In the nullah the tendency of the dip was, if any thing, East ; but 

 here it was observed to be South-west. Below the village, a small stream 

 joins the Nowr river. In the bed of this river, micaceous schist is still ob- 

 servable, but on crossing the river on the ascent to the village of Surmal, 

 gneiss is seen resting on it. The dip of both rocks North-east, and the 

 inclination very little. The mica slate has here a greenish colour, but it is 

 not chloritic. The relations between micaceous and chloritic schist do 

 not warrant, I think, our extending the latter title to those rocks of the 

 former class, which have merely a greenish tinge. The lines of chlo- 

 ritic schists are rather connected with the talcose schists, a connection 

 perfectly agreeable to our views of system, since it has been well estab- 

 lished that the two minerals, talc and chlorite, are but varieties of the 

 same species, (the prismatic talc mica of Professor Mohs.) 



117. From Saraut to Seel, the route passes along the eastern declivi- 

 ty of the ridge which separates the Nowr glen from the valley of the 

 Girree and its feeders. This ridge is every where of the rounded and 

 swelling form which was mentioned as indicating micaceous schist, 

 accordingly it is the only rock observed. It is frequently of an arenace- 

 ous composition, and strongly resembling some varieties of micaceous 

 sandstone. This type occurs near the village of Kulgaon, occasionally it 

 is of an earthy aspect, loses its schistose structure, and becomes fissured 

 in every direction. This type projects through the surface in amorphous 

 masses ; it very probably contains felspar, though the grain is too small 

 to detect it by any occular examination. I incline to consider it as in 

 reality a small grained decomposing granite, but further examination of 

 its relations to the surrounding rocks are necessary to enable me to 

 pronounce decisively. 



118. From Seel to Deolara, the residence of the Ranee of Torbut, the 

 route turns up the valley watered by the stream which joins the Pubbar 



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