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Notes upon a tour through the R&jmahal Hills. [No. 7. 



rocks occasionally protrude through it ; associated with the iron- 

 stone are patches of ferruginous sandstone, various coloured clays, and 

 actinolite. 



List of Coal localities situated within the Damin-i-koh or Rajmahal 

 Hills — as known in 1851. 



Description of locality. 



1 . In the Brahminee river, at Moosuria ; which 

 river forms the southern boundary of the 

 Damin-i-koh. This coal extends to an un 

 known distance into Tuppeh Belputtah. An 

 indifferent coal. 



In the Brahminee river, three miles north-west 

 of No. 1, and one mile east of Domunpoor. 

 This is an excellent coal. 



Three miles north of No. 2, are traces of coal 

 in a small nullah, half a mile south of Chi- 

 chroo. 



Seven miles north of No. 3, are the extensive 

 beds of the Gopikandur and Doobrajpoor 

 valley. The coal hitherto produced is a 

 bituminous slaty mineral. 



Four miles south-west in a small nullah (under 

 the Dhunnia Puharee hill) which falls into 

 the Goomra nullah is a bed of coal. 



Two miles north of No. 5, and half a mile 

 north of the Nargunjo bungalow, in a nul- 

 lah is a bed of coal. 



7. Situated immediately at the eastern foot of the 

 Koondapuhar hill, which is one mile re- 

 moved from the southern or right bank of 

 the Bansbooee Nuddie, which flows through 

 the Puchwara pass, and one mile west from 

 the village of Mudhobun, is a bed of coal. 



8. At the western entrance of the Puchwara pass, 

 at the village of Burgo, and on the left bank 

 of the Bansbooee nullah, is a coal bed. 



Discoverer's name. 



Mr. Pontet, 1838. 



Mr. Pontet, 1838. 



Mr. Pontet and 

 Captain Sherwill, 

 1851. 



Mr. Pontet, 1841, 



Mr. Pontet, 1841 



Mr. Pontet, 1841 



Captain Sherwill, 

 1851. 



Mr. Pontet, 1844. 



