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of the strata and of the mountain land. There remains nothing to 

 add to the particulars already given of this rock at those places, as it is 

 here precisely the same in grain, consistency, overlying, amorphous 

 appearance, &c. It appears to pass on its borders into a gneiss. The 

 change at Mernee has just been noticed. Another takes place in the 

 descent to the glen to the N. W. that leads into the valley of the Ram- 

 gunga, (Art. 106.) To the N. E. it is I think connected with the 

 gneiss in the Cosillah, (Art. 152.) To the south it is succeeded at no 

 great distance by micaceous schist, but the boundary line was not seen. 

 The schist was observed to dip N. 27° E., inclination 41°. To the west 

 it passes into the pseudo-porphyritic gneiss, noticed at Almorah, and 

 which near Mythana is succeeded by a black micaceous schist. Near 

 Palee, however, the gneiss is again seen, containing nodules of quartz, 

 and some very singularly lustruous veins of a material, the same essen- 

 tially as the basis, only much harder. At no great distance on each 

 side, micaceous schist is recognised. 



277. In the descent to the Ramgunga, micaceous schist reappears, 

 and continues as far as the confluence of the Beneegunga. In 

 the bed of the former river, the number, size, and variety of the 

 rolled stones is quite surprising. They occur at a height of 200 feet 

 above the present bed of the river, and many of them are of a 

 totally different nature from any of the rocks in the immediate vicinity. 

 The micaceous schist continues in the Beneegunga; at its mouth 

 it dips 32° N. E., the inclination 31°. Beyond Tamba Dhar, it is 

 again succeeded by gneiss, which is distinctly stratified, and dips 

 N. to N. 13° W., at an angle of 52° to 57°. It is worthy of remark, 

 that part of this rock is a perfect micaceous schist, containing no 

 visible traces of felspar, yet there is no separation, nor any transition in 

 the usual sense, nor disturbance of any kind. To the eye, it seems to be 

 part of the gneiss, but on examining it, the characteristic ingredient 

 is found wanting, while in the remainder of the mass, it is obvious 

 enough lying in lenticular imbedded nodules, which on the cross 

 fracture, give the rock an appearance not to be mistaken. 



278. Another observation of the dip, a little beyond this point, 

 gave N. 22° W., the inclination 43°. Quartz rock and micaceous schist 

 next succeeds, and continues to Deoghat. At this place, the route 

 turns up the bed of a feeder of the Beneegunga to Ketureea, and in 



