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Copt. Herbert's Tour from Almorah, fyc. [No. 153. 



23rd Nov. — To Turrag-ka-tal. Our yesterday's march having 

 kept the people on their legs all day, and allowed but little time 

 for their meals ; made a short one to-day to Turag-ka-tal, an open 

 spot in the bed of the feeder of the Ramgunga, which though now dry, 

 they say, in the rains becomes a lake. Distance about 5 miles, road 

 at first more steep, afterwards less so ; a descent the whole way, and 

 mostly good, very little rock, the fragments always the talcose granular 

 quartz rock. Found the Englefield barometer out of order to-day, and 

 obliged to open the cistern. A large bubble of air had got § up the 

 tube, readjusted, but without boiling. It is evident that the Engle- 

 field barometer unless checked by another, is of no use. 



3-45, p. m., 26.100; 64, 61, 49-5 sunset. Set watch at 12 by 

 Theodolite. 



22nd Nov. — No. 24. A thin slaty gneiss, bluish grey, dirty. 



No. 25. An almost compact fine grained quartz rock, contains most 

 probably felspar. This is the rock of which the dip was observed. 



No. 26. Large grained talcose quartz rock, with very little appear- 

 ance of stratification. The Ramgunga and Punnae rock. 



'No. 27- A green (chloride) gneiss, sublaminar. 



28. Limestone, Turag-ka-tal. 



29. Gneiss, straight laminar. 



30. Quartz rock. 



31. A tender mica slate passing into gneiss. 

 It certainly contains felspar, ascent 

 from Sohngaon. 



32. A true gneiss, silvery mica, top of ridge. 



33. Ditto. 



34. A mica slate or gneiss, brown. Bed of 

 Benee Gunga, or Bino below Ooperara. 



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24/^ Nov, — To Bural near Doluree, along the level plain, which 

 in the rains becomes a lake, and therefore called Turag-ka-tal. It 

 is almost shut in to the West, which is the direction of the glen, by a 

 low ridge of limestone which runs across the valley, leaving but 

 a narrow opening for the discharge of several streams, which even 

 at this season take their rise here. This ground though remarkably 

 even, is not I think quite level, having a fall to West, as proved by the 

 streams which have a considerable current. The whole length is 

 between two and three miles, and the breadth at the widest about a | 



