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Its colour is Olive green with a lighter greenish grey streak ; fracture 

 granularly foliated, opake ; lustre glistening on the foliations, for the 

 rest dull. Semi-hard, rather brittle, but difficultly frangible ; fragments 

 wedge shaped sp. G. 3. 53. It is perhaps a species of common acti- 

 nolite. 



The Corundum is found frequently in rocks of the old trap forma- 

 tion. The iron which is found accompanying it is common black 

 hornblende. Corundum in rolled pieces occurs in alluvial strata along 

 with the diamond, epidote, greenstone &c. 



Among the trap rocks in the southern Baramahl, I have often met 

 with several pieces of actinolite ; and near Salem and Namcull in 

 kidneys, native magnesia accompanied with figure stone or agalma- 

 tolite. 



Of iron ores. I have only found on the coast the common iron 

 sand in the beds of rivers and some swamp ores in the low country. 



Besides the abovementioned trap the old clay slate (?) formation 

 occurs and mica slate. The former about the Krishna under transi- 

 tion limestone also with flinty slate on one side and primitive on the 

 other. 



Mica slate I have discovered under the greenstone slate near the 

 copper mines. 



Extracts from Br. V oy serf s Private Journal. 



Friday, 18th November, 1818. — Quitted Paramboor at 11 o'clock, and 

 arrived at the Red hills half past 1 2. Barometer yesterday at 2 o'clock, 

 768 m. Ther. 78° : to-day at 2 o'clock same, Ther. 81°. Irregular 

 appearance of the iron clay, sometimes containing large pieces of brown 

 ironstone, but for the most part small, with a considerable quantity of 

 magnetic iron ore. Iron clay formation continues, although covered 

 with a thick bed of sand. 



Monday, I6tk November, 1818. — The iron clay still continues, but 

 we now and then meet with lumps of quartz and quartz rock, brought to 

 mend the tanks and roads. 



Tuesday, 17 th November, 1818. — Swam across a considerable stream 

 and found on the banks lumps of fullers' earth lying on a quartzy sand 

 intermixed with bits of quartz. 



Wednesday, ISth November, 1818. — On the borders of a tank I 

 found a very considerable quantity of the pyriform brown iron stone, 



