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Feet. Inches. 



surface, forming a substance of a singular hardness, and 

 excellent materials for roads. 



3 7^ Reddish micaceous sand. The temperature at this depth 



16£° was found to be 76° 5'; a thermometer in the 

 shade marking 58°, and the surface of the ground being 

 56°. 



291. The next boring was at Kusherpoor, where the red clay has 

 a very extensive superficial development. It forms the step describ- 

 ed in Arts. 59 and 73, which gives so deceptive an appearance to the 

 direction of the fall or declivity. The spot where the boring was 

 made, was about twenty feet below the surface of this red clay, and the 

 following were the particulars : — 



Feet. Inches. 



2 3 The superficial red clay. 



1 3 Green sandy clay, water. 



4 6 Black clay, extremely tenacious. 



1 6 Light blue sand. The water was in such abundance, as 

 to prevent any further progress ; it speedily rose to within 

 a few feet of the surface. At Huldoon, seven miles 

 north, nearly similar results were obtained. 



5 6 A ferruginous sandy clay or loam, latterly becoming more 



stiff. 



1 6 A greenish clay, getting latterly blackish. 



2 A bluish grey clay, partially sandy, not so tenacious, and 



quite moist. Gravel under this. The water rose rapid- 

 ly, and prevented any further proceedings. 



292. At Jusspore, nine miles N. W. from Kusheepoor, a third 

 boring was made, but the place was injudiciously chosen, being in a 

 hollow, evidently the dry bed of a jeel. The following are the 

 particulars : — 



Feet. Inches. 



5 Surface sand, which gradually changes to a stiff red clay. 

 2 Red loose sand, damp. 



2 Variegated sand and clay, spotted. 



3 Yellowish sand, changing to light grey, twigs and roots were 



found at nine feet, water at 12. 



