860 Extracts from Dr. Voysey's Journals. [No. 155. 



mines ; the Rajah's Dewan had told us, that the principal place of search 

 was at the junction of the Eeb river and the Maha Nuddee ; neverthe- 

 less we were taken to a place in the bed of the Maha Nuddee consider- 

 ably below it, and where it runs between a large island, called the Hira 

 Coond, and the prolongation of the Baruh-puhar hills. We passed 

 through a continued extent of forest land, in which I observed the 

 ebony tree, the saul, some small teak trees, the Pavetta Indica, the 

 Pulas in full bloom, &c. &c. We crossed the Maha Nuddee to a large 

 island, and after going two miles in a N. W. direction, came to another 

 island, which we soon crossed, and arrived at the huts of the guard 

 and workers of the mines. The miners were at work in the bed of the 

 river, about one mile below this spot. I was informed that they 

 were directed in their search by the presence of a blackish earth under 

 the sand, in which was found rounded pebbles of all sizes, from one foot 

 diameter to one inch. They were principally composed of clay slate, 

 flinty slate, jasper and jaspery ironstone. A bund is formed to stop 

 the water, and the earth which is dug out is carried to a spot where a 

 running stream is made to pass over it. The sand brought down by 

 this means is subjected to search in wooden shovels ; no diamond had 

 been found for a considerable time. 



Kutterbugga, 20th March. — Course at N. E. between Sopun and 

 the Gher Gattee. I passed over some argillaceous limestone, which in 

 one place bore a slaty character ; the Pass of Gher Gattee is com- 

 posed of quartz rock. In several places on my road, I observed 

 laterite, but could no where discover its connexion with the rock 

 beneath. My course was N. E. 



Somasinghur, 2\st March.— In the beds of all the nullahs I observ- 

 ed gneiss, also I frequently came on lumps of the laterite, but never 

 observed its connexion with the gneiss. The soil is for the most part 

 sandy. 



Chippadhee> 23rd March. — Considerable quantities of hornblende 

 schist in the nullah, evidently subordinate to the gneiss. 



Kotooniah, 25th March. — The gneiss in some places passes into a 

 mica schist, and contains moreover numerous beds of hornblende 

 schist, and a few of quartz rock. This and clay was not so frequent, as 

 I have before observed it. 



Raootpalee or Hatteebar, 28th March. — The road was very uneven, 



