GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY. 83 



From Baroda to Birpur, a town of considerable extent, situated 

 about twelve miles N. W. of Lunawara, and distant from Baroda about 

 seventy-six miles, the country affords little to interest the geological 

 observer. Proceeding by the direct route via Balasmur, and till we reach 

 the last mentioned town, a distance of nearly fifty-six miles, in a norther- 

 ly direction, we perceive nothing but a uniform expanse of alluvial soil. 

 We now, for the first time, observe rock formations and several gentle ris- 

 ing grounds give to the face of the country in the neighbourhood, a M^av- 

 ed outline. Balasmur is situated on one of these rising grounds, and 

 the only rock which presents itself is a conglomerate, principally compos- 

 ed of agates and other quartzose minerals. Some of the agates were of 

 considerable size. This rock is not stratified, and appears at the surface 

 in the form of large lenticular masses. It is perhaps a similar formation 

 to the cornelian rocks in the neighbourhood of Barra, but, as I have 

 seen no good description of these, I can only state this as a mere con- 

 jecture. 



Distant from Balasinur ten miles, stiE in a northerly direction, 

 stands the small village of Pandua. In its neighbourhood are seen seve- 

 ral small rounded hills or rising grounds presenting the bare rock at the 

 surface. On examination I found that these were composed of different 

 modifications of granite. The first was a very close grained grey granite 

 composed of greyish felspar, translucent quartz, and dark colored mica 

 with hornblende, occasionally disseminated through it. This passed into a 

 coarser granite composed of large masses of reddish grey felspar, nearly; 

 transparent quartz, and silver colored mica. Both the mica and quartz oc- 

 casionally appear crystallized, I could not procure a hand specimen in 

 which this was distinctly shown. The one in my possession,^ and which 

 shall be forwarded to the Society, is sufficiently characteristic in as far as 

 regards the mica. Some of the masses of quartz in this granite were 



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