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fluence of the Cosillah and Sowal, being exchanged for micaceous 

 schist, which gradually passes into a talco- argillaceous schist, and 

 latterly, a perfect clay slate. To the westward, it descends the valley 

 of the Cosillah, rising into the lofty peak Seahie Dabee, which is nearly 

 composed of it, and bounded on that side by micaceous schist. A few 

 very narrow veins traverse some of the vallies beyond the limits of this 

 patch, but their connection with it has never been satisfactorily traced. 



275. The micaceous schist of Almorah occupies the descent to the 

 Cosillah, with the exception of the narrow strip of granite just noticed. 

 The road to Hawulbagh is in the same rock, and it continues in the 

 route up the valley of the Cosillah, till it is exchanged for the patch 

 of gneiss noticed in Art. 152. On the road to Gulee Busoor, it also 

 prevails, being most commonly of a bluish colour, and containing garnets 

 abundantly. This rock is further remarkable for being traversed by 

 a vein of a singular nature, no name or description of which I have 

 even met with. Near Hawulbagh an instance occurs : It is of a por- 

 phyritic character, consisting of thin needles or prismatic bundles of 

 needles of hornblende, imbedded in a white granular paste of felspar 

 and quartz. On the Pass above the village of Aeena, leading from this 

 valley into that of the Sugos, the rock is of an earthy type and very 

 singular aspect. The dip of the schist here (on the Pass) is N. E. 22°, 

 the inclination 50°. Below the village of Aeena, it occurs of a lead blue 

 and full of garnets, the dip being N. E. In this neighbourhood are 

 many of the porphyritic veins just noticed. Micaceous schist more or 

 less differing in character continues to Mernee, near Dhooara Hat'h, great 

 irregularity being observed in the dip with frequent reversals ; near the 

 Sugos it is S. W., which on going a little farther is exchanged for a 

 N. E. dip. In the bed of the river it is again S. 25° W., inclination 

 34°. The porphyritic veins are abundant in this neighbourhood. The 

 S. W. dip continues to the junction of the mica slate, with a gneiss 

 which lies conformably ; but which is the superior rock, it is impossible 

 to say for want of access to the line of junction, especially as the 

 change takes place in the direction of the strata. 



276. This gneiss is introductory to a large patch of granite similar 

 in character to the three beds already described as occurring at Chum- 

 pawut, Dihee, and Almorah, and what is still singular, in the same straight 

 line with them ; the direction as before observed, being parallel to that 



