1844.] from Benares to Barrackpoor. 865 



A hill immediately S. of the bungalow consisted of gneiss, the in- 

 gredients of which are all white. Mica, quartz and felspar, also at 

 the base, some blocks of foliated quartz. 



The bed of the nullah below had beautiful vertical and horizontal 

 strata of gneiss, with veins of greenstone and white and red quartz 

 and felspar. Inclination of strata E. and W. across the nullah. In this 

 nullah were found specimens of No. 2, which Mr. Piddington has 

 named a variety of corundum. 



We next proceeded to Chass, fifteen miles, encamped West of the 

 bungalow, between that and the nuddee. In the ravines S. of camp 

 and opposite side of the road, the ground strewed with beautiful 

 masses of quartz crystals and foliated quartz combined. Some very 

 large masses. In the nullah West of camp 200 yards, found the same 

 beautiful varieties of gneiss, and containing large blocks of foliated 

 quartz. In the bed of the nullah, the strata were as it were uplifted, 

 turned vertically, while those on the banks were horizontally placed. 

 Between camp and the nullah off the road on the right came upon 

 the commencement of a tank, and found large quantities of large and 

 small masses of globular greenstone. 



From Chass passed through Chundunkeearee fourteen miles, to 

 Dobra twelve miles; the country became generally flat and level, with 

 here and there granite rock above the surface. The beds of the 

 nullahs containing gneiss, about four miles before reaching Dobra, 

 but with a rock of greenstone at the foot of which was a telegraph 

 tower. The encamping ground at Dobra covered with quartz and 

 mica, and here and there patches of gneiss, and in the bed of a tank 

 which was digging near the village, the red clay contained enormous 

 quantities of mica schist, containing crystals of schorl in large propor- 

 tions, this schist was quite soft when removed from the soil, and 

 became speedily hard on exposure to the air. 



At Rugonathpoor, ten and three-quarter miles further over a flat 

 country, with here and there rocks of gneiss, encamped under the 

 Rugonathpoor hills, three or four conical-shaped masses of bare rock, 

 consisting of gneiss, at the foot of which is the town, large and po- 

 pulous. 



Some rocks between Rugonathpoor and Siljam, twelve and three- 

 quarter miles, here gneiss with veins of hornblende. 



