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yellowish grey. I observed in various parts, the indurated feruginous 

 waving veins or partitions before observed, p. 289. Also loose pieces 

 of jasper iron ore, and quartz with a large proportion of iron. The 

 top of the hill was composed of sandstone in which pieces of litho- 

 marge were prevalent, and the rock itself appeared to be cemented by 

 that mineral. 



Mr. Ralph told me that the rocks all the way from Paloonchah to 

 Mungpett were of sandstone, and that greenstone was found in the 

 bed of the river. He gave me a piece of brown iron ore, jaspery iron 

 ore, and an agate found on the road. He was travelling towards 

 Sinsillah, a place noted for its iron mines and manufacture of steel : of 

 which Conah Rao showed me a specimen in a very handsome dagger. 



November 7 th, 1819. — The whole of yesterday's journey was through 

 trap and granite. The former of the usual appearance ; the latter very in- 

 distinctly seen above the surface until we arrived at the bed of a bamboo 

 river,* where it was seen in considerable blocks. Here I was told that 

 plates of mica were procured. I accordingly observed that some of the 

 granite was very micaceous and very white ; we arrived at dusk near 

 the river. 



December \§th, 1819. — Left Secunderabad on the 18th. On crossing 

 the Mussy I observed nearly the same appearances which I have be- 

 fore noticed on a former journey : I arrived at Ombrepett in the evening. 

 This day I observed abundance of the red granite, and the vein of trap 

 which I have before mentioned entirely disappeared. In the evening I 

 rode to our former place of encampment with Ralph ; I observed large 

 masses of granite lying on the surface of the main rock the result of 

 the decomposition of the last rains. 



December 20th, 1819. — I gathered on my way to this place, Goram- 

 pullee, some red granite with hornblende, and some specimens with 

 limestone intermixed with it ; I began also to see the calc tuff at Udda- 

 juth. . The descent this day was considerable, although the distance 

 travelled was not more than 12 miles. 



December 2\st, 1819. — In crossing this day our old station of 

 Uddajuth and the Thieves' hill, granite as usual and veins of trap. 



December 22nd, 1819. — Great quantity of granite with pieces of the 

 micaceous granite enclosed, also pieces of the greenstone in veins and 

 lumps. Nakurkull. 



* So in MSS. 



