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decomposing of the concentric lamellar kind, and the water in a well, 

 where this trap was identified, was fifteen feet from the surface in the 

 month of June. Rising out of this hollow you go up a very long and steep 

 ascent of sand-stone, and when the crest of the hill is gained, there is but 

 a trifling comparative descent on the west side to reach the trap. The 

 space between this and Bhopalpur has nothing of interest, the country is 

 more undulating, and more open, hills and hillocks are less seen. The 

 Kassa and Duda rivers, occurring before you reach Bheinsa, diff'er no- 

 thing from the Pariva and Pdrhatt, neither does the Newas in advance 

 at Bhopalpur. It is fifteen miles from Narsinhgerh to Bheinsa, and ten 

 more brings you to Bhopalpur on the banks of the Neivas, and to an ex- 

 tensive bed of basalt (the Rowley Rag,) not rising above the surface; thirty- 

 six miles beyond this point in the direction of Patan and Kota, i. e. at 

 JBhalta the trap formation ceases. It is seventy-two miles from Sugar to 

 JBhilsa, and eighty-two from Bhilsa to Bhopalpur. In the first part the 

 vallies and low lands are generally pretty well cleared and cultivated ; — ■ 

 in the latter they are wild and their fertility neglected, they are overgrown 

 with brush-wood and jungle, and cultivation, at least along the line of 

 march, is only seen in small patches about the villages, just sufficient for 

 the support of the inhabitants. 



Departing from Bhilsa and taking the route to Hasandhdd, the 

 sand-stone hill of Raisen is met with at the distance of fifteen miles. It 

 is in shape like that of Rdtgerh, but the highest point is the east end, 

 and the fort is perched upon it facing that quarter. It is very conspicu- 

 ous for many miles around, and said to have been built by the celebrated 

 King of Aijodhi/d, as a place of refuge from the temporary anger of his 

 brother, and that the hill arose at his desire, but whether with the aid of 

 an igneous or aqueous power the upheaving was accomplished is of course 

 the question here requisite. Banchor the next stage, as its name imports, 



is 



