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



face is broke through by a broad and tolerably deep valley. Did not 

 observe any gravel till close to this place. It occurs on the surface, and 

 imbedded also fragments of sandstone. The immediate neighbour- 

 hood here is highly picturesque, nor do I know of any similar spot to 

 compare it with. The undulations of the ground are sufficient to 

 constitute small hills, the view is changing every step, the roads are 

 good, and the disposition of the trees extremely varied and agreeable ; 

 it is really a beautiful spot. 



A great scarcity of water, the beds of water- courses quite dry, the 

 water of the village is obtained from a gool or canal. Were it not for 

 this scarcity, I cannot conceive a more eligible spot for villages. 



Z\st Dec. — Bheerbhanwala to Boksha's village. Cloudy morn- 

 ing and threatening rain, a pleasant and good road for about 2 or 3 

 miles through open forest to Kaloo Shaheed.* Ascend a little to Pass 

 not above 100 feet or 200 at the very most, sandstone. Descend and 

 hold on through narrow tortuous valley, high sandstone hills on either 

 side, cross several small streams. Latterly road more uneven to a 

 comparatively wild valley, with the only cultivation yet seen. A guard 

 is stationed here. The valley appears to extend towards N. 15° E. 

 and also in the direction S. 45° E. The direction in which we have 

 come about S. 40° W. appears closed up. The course in the forest was 

 N. 10° E., afterwards N. 40° E., latterly N. and W. of N., and again 

 E. of N. The valley is even here of no width, not a mile. 



A stratum of the red clay (specimen) with tubercular gravel {kon- 

 kur) lying between two strata of sandstone, rendering it more than 

 probable that the red clay so often noticed as occurring in the Turai, 

 belongs to this formation. Observed also earth of various colours pass- 

 ing into this clay or this sand, all of them members of the regular 

 strata. Observed a stratum of very hard sandstone lying on mere 

 sand, so loose that the application of the hammer to the upper and 

 hard rock set the sand in motion. Observed many instances of the 

 sandstone approaching the conglomerate structure, containing pebbles of 

 every size, and always rounded and imbedded, amongst them fragments 

 of the olive coloured greywacke slate. Observed in a rounded piece 

 of sandstone when broken, concentric stripes apparently indicating the 



♦ The i J ass of Kaloo Shaheed (so called from the tomb of a saint) is the main en- 

 trance into the Patlee Doon over the outer range of sandstone hills.— J, H. B. 



