1844.] Capt. Herberts Tour from Almorah, fyc. 755 



No. 98 1 1752-1850. Ditto. 



No. 99.t 1752.1851. Ditto. 



No. lOO.t 1752-1852. Perfect sandstone hard, in contact with a 

 loose sand, almost a quartz rock. 



3rd Jan No. 101 (1)* 1752-1853. Micaceous sandstone. 



No. 102. (2)t 1752-1854. Ditto bluish grey (Surek-a-rao,) Patlee 

 Doon. 



No. 103. (3)t 1752-1855. Argillaceous, reddish, almost clay, with 

 green spots, (to Gurur) Patlee Doon. 



No. 104 (4)t 1752-1856. (Shale?) compact argillaceous sand- 

 stone, greenish grey. 



3rd Jan.— Specimens of Nos. 105.— (5) 1752-1857- The clayey type 

 greenish grey. 



28^ Dec— Cloudy morning. Kooreea to Tanda 7i to 8 miles, 

 vile road through jungle, feet quite wet, as if dipped in water, 

 cross a river supposed the Koh, course about South or a little East of 

 it. About 2 miles before reaching Tanda, emerge. Country a little 

 cultivated. 



29^ Dec.—- Ther. min. 44. Cloudy. Day-break 45 from Tan- 

 da to Burapoora. A march of 8 or 9 miles through a tolerable 

 country, latterly ascend a table of the red earth and cross the Kot- 

 dwara nulla. This place is a middling town with some pucka build- 

 ings. It is similarly situated to Kasheepoor just on a rise, the ground 

 undulating. The ascent to it was quite perceptible. Barometer 4h. 

 1 5m. p. m. 29.080 67, 5 p. m. 60.55. 



30th Dec. — Partially cloudy, a mild morning. Heavy dew on the 

 jungle grass. 



To Bheerbhanwala 8 miles, the road through jungle, latterly undu- 

 lated, so as to have the appearance of small hills. The surface from 

 Burapoora is the hard reddish clay, which bears a resemblance to that 

 of the strata, not only in colour and consistence, but in the small tuber- 

 cular pieces which form a hard gravel on its surface when washed by 

 the rains. It has the same arrangement of surface as is observable to 

 the westward, that is, of isolated mounds with perpendicular sides and 

 step-like terraces. Whenever a river occurs, this terrace or raised sur- 



* Here a new century of Nos. commences.— J. H B. 



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