1844.] Capt Herbert's Tour from Ahwrah, fyc. 751 



\4th Dec— No. 62, 1814. Ditto, olive, still more talcose. 



No. 63, 1815. Ditto, amorphous, with quartz almost perfect talc. 



No. 64, 1816. Ditto, more inclining to chlorite and quartz. These 

 three were all in the same spot. 



15M Dec No. 65, 1817. Greenish grey greywacke schist, inclin- 

 ing to chlorite. 



No. 66, 1818. Straight laminar olive slate, with talcose aspect. 



16^ Dec— No. 67, 1819. Curved laminar ditto. 



No. 68, 1820. Purple greywacke schist, scales of mica very visi- 

 ble. 



No. 69, 1821. Ditto, more granular and amorphous. 



17^ Dec — No. 70, 1822. Purple granular greywacke mica. 



No. 71, 1823. Transition to slate. 



No. 7*2, 1824. Fine greywacke slate. 



N.B. — These three from same spot. 



\8th Dec —Thermometer min. 50, Heavy dew, fog all round and 

 above, two hours to Bilkhet,* where halted on account of rain. The 

 path ascends alongside of bank and turns up glen. Rock as yes- 

 terday, cross small stream and ascend ; descend to flat and along river. 

 This is rather an extensive piece of ground. Rained all the forenoon 

 but not very heavily, a little thunder and one flash. 



19th Dec — A miserable day, rained the whole preceding night 

 and this day, tent leaking, field where encamped a swamp or rather 

 lake, about 5 inches of rain during the night of the 18th, 2^ as mea- 

 sured by the chillumchee. 



20th Dec— A gleam of sun about noon gives hopes of clearing. 

 1 may note here some remarks I made, which may lead to some con- 

 clusions. The rain came on apparently with difficulty, at first very 

 gently, then with thunder and lightning, each discharge being fol- 

 lowed by a smart but limited fall, which again intermitted, when ano- 

 ther flash brought another fall. This continued for many hours, and 

 even through great part of the night. The following day we had com- 

 paratively steady rain, though with intermissions, which appeared 

 to depend on change of wind, but scarcely any thunder or lightning. 

 The nearest flash was about 5000 feet. 



* Belkhet and Choumasoo are the finest parts of the Sanee or Nyar valley. This 

 country, Mulla Sidan, is very uninteresting.-- J. H. B. 



