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  bridging* 
  the 
  smaller 
  streams, 
  and 
  ashlar 
  work 
  generally. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  

   useful 
  stone, 
  being 
  readily 
  worked 
  : 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  faced 
  with 
  an 
  axe, 
  and 
  the 
  

   chips 
  and 
  rubble 
  burnt 
  for 
  lime, 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   excellent. 
  

  

  This 
  stone 
  is 
  exported 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  from 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Porbandar 
  

   to 
  Bombay 
  and 
  other 
  places, 
  and 
  has 
  hence 
  gained 
  the 
  well-known 
  

   name 
  of 
  ' 
  Porbandar 
  stone 
  f 
  the 
  quarries, 
  however, 
  whence 
  it 
  is 
  taken 
  are 
  

   situated 
  along 
  the 
  western 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Barda 
  hills, 
  about 
  9 
  miles 
  

   north-east 
  of 
  the 
  port. 
  The 
  deposit 
  there 
  is 
  very 
  thick, 
  and 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   three 
  parallel 
  ridges, 
  or 
  ledges, 
  rising 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  other; 
  it 
  is 
  

   white-coloured 
  and 
  very 
  obliquely 
  laminated 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  about 
  22°, 
  

   varying 
  in 
  different 
  quarries. 
  The 
  miliolite 
  extends 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  plains 
  

   around 
  Adatiana 
  and 
  Ranawu. 
  

  

  A 
  much 
  inferior 
  stone 
  has 
  been 
  largely 
  quarried 
  at 
  Porbandar 
  itself, 
  

   from 
  a 
  very 
  open 
  imperfectly 
  cemented 
  shore 
  deposit, 
  or 
  raised 
  beach 
  : 
  

   this 
  doubtless 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  palmed 
  off 
  as 
  genuine 
  Porbandar 
  stone. 
  

   The 
  effect 
  of 
  rain 
  and 
  weather 
  on 
  miliolite 
  is 
  to 
  harden 
  it 
  and 
  render 
  it 
  

   less 
  porous. 
  

  

  Dhrangadra 
  stone. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  extensive 
  quarries 
  in 
  the 
  neighbour- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  Dhrangadra, 
  the 
  chief 
  town 
  of 
  that 
  State. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  renowned 
  

   throughout, 
  and 
  beyond, 
  the 
  province 
  : 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  it 
  having 
  even 
  been 
  

   carted 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Bhooj 
  in 
  Cutch, 
  for 
  the 
  Rao's 
  new 
  palace. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  light- 
  

   coloured 
  open-grained 
  slightly 
  kaolinic 
  sandstone, 
  very 
  cross-bedded, 
  

   with 
  oblique 
  lamination 
  ; 
  varying 
  in 
  texture 
  (even 
  in 
  a 
  hand 
  specimen) 
  

   from 
  fine-grained 
  to 
  coarse 
  and 
  gritty, 
  and 
  in 
  colour 
  from 
  white 
  to 
  pale 
  

   pink 
  or 
  yellow. 
  The 
  stone 
  has 
  been 
  employed 
  largely 
  in 
  masonry 
  at 
  

   Dhrangadra 
  : 
  it 
  was 
  exclusively 
  used 
  in 
  building 
  the 
  new 
  court-house, 
  

   the 
  palatial 
  gateway, 
  with 
  clock-tower, 
  the 
  school-house, 
  &c. 
  The 
  finer 
  

   varieties 
  admit 
  of 
  rough 
  carving 
  for 
  ornamental 
  work. 
  

  

  Near 
  Baoli, 
  a 
  village 
  six 
  miles 
  south-west 
  of 
  Dhrangadra, 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  

   sandstone 
  of 
  remarkably 
  fine 
  texture 
  and 
  even 
  lamination 
  is 
  quarried 
  

   and 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  whetstone 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  worked 
  for 
  ornamental 
  purposes, 
  carved 
  

   into 
  platters, 
  cups, 
  and 
  water-vessels, 
  being 
  sufficiently 
  porous 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  

  

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