506 Notes, chiefly Geological, [No. 163. 



about A. D. 1383. The small lath, or pillar, in front of the temple to 

 Hanuman, according to the inscription, was erected A. S. 1670 by 

 Ram Reddy of Chintalconda, and Chunapa Reddi of Vellipaulum. 



Cotton, indigo, raggi, juari, bajra, are the staple articles of culti- 

 vation. Soil, principally Regur with saline patches, taken advantage 

 of by natives for the manufactory of salt. The adjacent country is 

 a plain bounded to the north and south by low ridges of hills. Near the 

 village the limestone alternates with thin beds of sandstone passing 

 into a greenish arenaceous schist. A trap dyke has crossed both 

 rocks ; but, from the deep superstratum of soil the line of junction 

 could not be seen. Fragments of rocks converted into jasper are seen 

 marking the course of the dyke, which is attended by a profuse deve- 

 lopment of kunker. Incrustations of muriate of soda occur between 

 the lamina? of the arenaceous schist, as may be seen in the well near 

 the Traveller's bungalow. A little beyond this, a bed of a granular 

 crystalline limestone is seen in contact with this schist, which, from the 

 massive character of the detached blocks, and the structure and colour 

 of the rock itself, has much the appearance of a grey felspathic granite 

 or trachyte. To the N. E. it passes into a breccia with angular frag- 

 ments of the arenaceous slate, siliceous limestone, chert and jasper 

 imbedded. The presence of the two last minerals indicate the for- 

 mation of this bed to have taken place subsequent to the intrusion of 

 the trap dyke, which appears to have broken up the limestone and 

 schist into the fragments now impacted in the crystalline breccia. 

 The following is a section presented by a well in the neighbourhood 

 of the village. fSee Plate.) 



The kunker is often dug out in rough square masses, and used in 

 building walls. Blue limestone, with iron pyrites in nearly horizontal 

 strata, is seen in the beds of all the rivulets in the neighbourhood, and 

 also in the bed of the Pennaur, which flows about eight miles to the 

 north of the village. The nearest hills are of sandstone. 



Chittawarapilly . The road passes for the most part between two 

 ranges of sandstone passing into arenaceous slates of various degrees of 

 fineness and compactness, which generally dip at an angle of 6° to the 

 E. N. E. The higher hills are crowned with thick beds of sandstone 

 supporting table-lands. Vertical joints and fissures often intersect these 



