1844.] Capt. Herbert's Tour from Almorah, fyc. 753 



No. 77> 1829. An impure limestone, veins of crystallized dolomite, 

 two specimens. 



No. 78, 1820. A black schistose rock, (carburetted ?) It is the 

 same as that mixed with the limestone, and perhaps answers to the 

 gypsum rock, intersected by veins of carbonate of lime. 



No. 79, 1831. Greywacke, greenish grey, contains some mertal ; 

 lead? 



No. 80, 1832. Ditto. 



23d Dec. — No. 81, 1833. A compound anomalous greywacke 

 slate, contains talc, summit of the Pass. 



No. 82, 1834. Talcose schist, undulated laminae. 



No. 83, 1835. Micaceous schist, (gneiss?) 



No. 84, 1836. Micaceous argillaceous schist near Dunda Mundee, 

 curious stain, two specimens. 



24th Dec. — Thermometer min. 40°. Cloudy. Ascend to Pass 

 Kunda Khol. Course due West. Descend and ascend, and again 

 descend to Oomulda \\ hour. Ascend to Pass, course varying from 

 West to South-west. Fine view down small river valley, Sorgaon 

 or Sonargaon. Along ridge level and good path, If. Total 3 hours. 

 Descend \ hour to Poorangaon. Rain came on. 



25/A Dec. — Rained all night. In the morning Ther. 37° min. 

 Snow on ridge to be crossed and on other peaks. At 12, gleams of 

 sunshine, start at 1. One hour's ascent to Konda Gullee. Langoor 

 42° N. E. Yesterday's Pass 18° N. E. (See plate II.) 



Barometer 2 p. m. 25.245, 53, 46.5, 42. 



A little more oblique ascent, and splendid view of the plains. De- 

 scend and wind round glen, then descend again to flat. One house 

 and fields. Steeper descent with sandstone suddenly appearing 

 in fragments, the previous rocks having been quartzose greywacke. 

 Limestone and greywacke schist, cross small stream, and ascend to 

 Pudinda. Small village on ridge in sight of the plains. High ridge 

 and curious flat form, peak to N. and N. E. The true serrated stra- 

 tiform sandstone ridges appear South and West.* 



26M i^c— Bar. 10 a. m. 26.40, 63.5, 55,49. Miserable after- 

 noon yesterday, fog and latterly rain. To-day appears fineish, but 



* At Churck Khal, in this neighbourhood the Civilians of Bijnore have built a bun- 

 galow, and the high road from Sreenuggur to Nujeebabad passes by it.— J. H. B. 



