OF BUNDELKHAND, &c. 37 



formed from the detritus of sand-stone, and overlying rocks, which appear 

 to be its chief constituents, and, consequently, must be of considerable 

 extent in this country. 



Having thus given a description of my route, and a brief compen- 

 dium of my observations as they were made on the spot, I will now ven- 

 ture a few general remarks on the conclusions I have drawn from them, 

 and should I inadvertently lean to either side of a disputable question, 

 I intreat that it may not be attributed to design : I am not learned enough 

 in the science to become an advocate for any party : a few lessons when 

 in England, and the great volume of nature have been my chief guide, 

 and to record facts, to lay down strata correctly, though not minutely 

 on a map, to extract that which is useful or profitable in the science, 

 is all I aim at, and the train of investigation which this requires, imper- 

 ceptibly leads to an acquaintance with books, which gives facility of dis- 

 crimination and description, even though the depth of the science may be 

 wanting. 



The late Dr. Voysey observed, " that he had reason to believe, 

 partly from personal observation, and partly from specimens obtain- 

 ed from other sources, that the basis of the whole peninsula of India 

 is granite : he had traced it along the coast of Coromandel, lying under 

 iron-clay ; also in the bed of the Godaveri river, from Rajamahendri to 

 Nandair, and he had specimens from the base of the SUdbaldi hills 

 of Nagpur, from Travankur, TinnevelU, Salem, and Bellari;"' to this 

 may be added Mr. Stirling's account in his memoir on Cattack, 

 where he says, " the granite, where my specimens were principally 

 collected, appears to burst through an immense bed of laterite ( iron-clay,) 

 rising abruptly at a considerable angle." These are recorded facts on 

 the southern side of the central chain, and on the northern side, it may 



