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293. At the next place we find the same deposits as at Kusheepoor 

 and Huldoon. 



Feet. Inches. 



2 Superficial loam. 



3 6 Clay ; temperature 68®. 

 1 6 Sand. 



1 6 Clay again. 



1 6 Sandy clay, twigs. 



2 3 Stiff clay, latterly blackish. 



1 6 Ditto, of a darker colour and more pure. 



1 Grey sand. 



Water rose to within a few feet of the surface. 



At Afzulgurh, the following particulars were noted : — 



Feet. Inches. 



6 Superficial loam small nests, and veins of a semi-carbonis- 



ed vegetable matter. 



2 6 Red sand, a quicksand. 



4 Blackish stiff clay. 



3 6 Stiff clay, latterly sandy. 



The quicksand falling in prevented any further operation. The 

 black clay proved to be an excellent potter's clay, and baked without 

 changing colour. It formed a very porous article, and was very accept- 

 able to the potters, who were ignorant of the existence of any such clay 

 in their neighbourhood. 



294. At the following particulars were noted : — 



Feet. Inches. 



7 6 The superficial loams yellowish, and more sandy latterly. 



It forms an excellent soil, and is known by the provincial 



term mvteear. 

 2 3 White micaceous mixture of sand and clay. 

 1 6 White clay, a little sandy. 



1 Brownish black clay, containing semi-carbonised vegetable 



matter. 



2 6 Dark bluish clay, very stiff, when wet almost black, latterly 



veins of light blue. 

 6 Clay much iron shot, and passing to sand. 

 1 6 Dark bluish clay, as before. 



5 Sandy clay, much iron shot. 



