1844.] Capt. Herbert's Tour from Almorah, fyc. 747 



Specimens. 



4th Dec. — No. 41. Perfect gneiss grey, contains garnet and schorl. 

 Murora to 



5th Dec. — No. 42. Small grained dark grey gneiss. 

 No. 43. Small, oscillating towards mica slate. 

 „ 44. Large grained granite, Kunyoor. 

 ,, 45. Small grained ditto. 



,, 46 Schist, talcose? or micaceous, like the rock at Aeena. 

 ^th Dec. — No. 47- Talco-quartz, argillaceous schist, greenish grey. 

 No. 48. Talco-quartz, greenish grey. 

 „ 49. A curious quartz rock. 



„ 50. Still better denned taicose schist, bluish grey. 

 „ 51. 1803, [J 752*] Greenstone, amorphous, desquamating in 

 crusts. 



„ 52. 1804. A greywacke sub-schistose, micaceous, argillaceous 

 quartz rock, (greenish.) 



„ 53. 1805. Ditto, grey light. 



„ 54. 1806. Argillaceous quartz rock, dark-bluish. 



8th Dec 4m. lOh. 25.775, 66.5, 61.51. A short march to-day 



owing to mistake. 



Quartz rock of various types, 1. e. more or less impregnated with 

 the green constituent, direction 300 S. E. dip. to E., passed through 

 Sookhaee. Encamped at Muteeala. Usal-gad and Meets Seons from 

 East. 



9th Dec.-— 4 p. m. 25.857, 68, 65, 55. Partially cloudy, a short 

 march of 2| hours, cross Usal-Gad at starting, along river side, 

 ascend to Pass above Lachee village in lateral glen, (E. side.) Descend 

 passing through village, come down glen, and enter valley of the 

 Sanee again. Down the same passing Hurkandee, which is on the 

 right bank. Encamp at Bhungar and Nowgaon, latter left bank, 

 former opposite. 



Rocks to-day fine greywacke slate and quartz rock, passing into 

 greywacke with every possible mixture of these rocks. Direction 

 whenever observable, North and South, strata nearly vertical, but 



* I do not know what the No. 1752 refers to, the series No. 1 of this Tour is 1753, 

 vide subsequent note, sheet 7 ; 1572 must be added to all Nos. of this series — J. II. 13. 



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