1838.] 



Section of a Hill in Cuttack. 



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Also, whether it is likely to occur beneath the brown slate (J), in sam- 

 ples of which (obtained fourteen or fifteen feet below the surface at a 

 village in a valley two miles inland south from Newr<ij\) I have found 

 delicate veins of coal ? Again, I should feel greatly obliged by your 

 giving me instructions as to the nature of the rocks, beneath (or near 

 to) which coal beds usually occur in this country ? If there are any 

 specimens available in the museum, I beg you will oblige me by for- 

 warding some samples to me, labelled, and at the same time you will 

 favour me with the names, &c. of the different specimens now forwarded^ 

 lettered as they are, my duplicates having the same labels. 



A reply to the above at your earliest convenience will much oblige 

 your most obedient servant. 

 Cuttack, Nov. 8, 1837. 



(No. 1.) A. Laterite of Stirling, vide pp. 177-178, As. Res. volume, headed, 

 on Orissa proper or Cuttack. 



(2,) B. (3.) C. Upper courses of the rock just below the lower part of the 

 rock next the water degenerating into clay. 



(4.) E. (5.) F. Earth mixed with others of a yellowish hue like fuller's earth 

 in taste and appearance, and resting between the black slate and the hard rock. 



(6.) G. Vertical dyke between the rock and the slate imbedded in the fuller's 

 earth. 



A vein fusing through the hard rock at a right angle averaging 19 feet thick. 



(7.) H. Yellow clay slate above the brown slate. 



(8.) /. Brown slate, continuation of the black. 



(9.) J. Pink slate, continuation of the brown. 



(10.) K. Black slate of three kinds, the soft being the lowest. 



(11.) L. Specimens of the vein which runs the whole length of the slate rocks, 

 varying in color and thickness ; average thickness 9 inches. 



