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irregularity confined to a small extent of country, for the surrounding 

 ridges and peaks are all obviously conformable in dip to that observed 

 in the valley itself. In the Rama Sera glen again, it was observed 

 to be,* which is something more approaching to the usual dip. In 

 this case the principal effect due to the disturbance of the strata, 

 (if they really be disturbed,) would be found in the Burral glen. It 

 is to be observed, that both the Burral and Comoulda rivers spring from 

 the furrows which intersect the sides of the great Kedarkanta peak 

 elevated — ? feet. This peak is remarkable for its shape, and for the ar- 

 rangement observable on the summit. The shape is that of an im- 

 mense truncated cone, which appears to have an oblique position, owing 

 to its greater slope on one side, and precipice on the other ; the summit 

 is flat and of some extent ; at one end is a considerable hollow, in 

 which are wedged together, in utter confusion, enormous blocks of 

 gneiss, the rock of which the mountain consists. The strata appear to 

 dip N. W. What connection the peculiar character of this peak (if any) 

 may have with the irregularity of the dip, it would be vain to enquire 

 without a more detailed examination of the vicinity. 



181. At the mouth of the Burral glen is an extensive flat, com- 

 municating with a similar one in the valley of the Jumna, and very 

 little higher than the present level of the latter. It is observed to 

 terminate in the bed of the Jumna in smooth rounded elevations, which 

 on the river side are cut down vertically, and exhibit, in the precipice 

 facing the river, their structure in the most complete manner. This 

 precipice is about 120 feet high, and is composed of loose gravel 

 and sand, with numerous round stones of every size sticking in it, some 

 of them half projecting. On the opposite side of the river appears a 

 similiar bank, composed of similiar appearances, and of the same height. 

 The intermediate space, to judge by local appearances, must have been 

 once filled up; for so narrow is the gorge, that no possible slope at 

 which they could lie would clear them of the river bed. Indeed, the 

 one is washed by the waters of it, and at the foot of the other, the 

 path is not more than a few feet wide. 



182. The right bank sinks, as I have said, gradually into the broad 

 and level flat at the mouth of the Burral glen, the slope being, like 

 the latter, covered with verdure. The left bank continues of moderate 



* Blank in MSS. 



