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I could judge, of considerable extent, and in this part of the country I 

 know it to be an abundant production. It was of a greenish colour, with 

 a tinge of brown and grains of a metalic mineral, with a metalic lustre 

 were disseminated through it. This was magnetic iron ore. 



The clay slates passing into chlorite slates were the preponderating 

 rocks, and in the neighbourhood of our camp these appeared to pass into 

 mica slate, small scales of mica being disseminated through them. 



We now proceeded to Sagwdra, twelve miles north-east of the last. 

 The country on leaving Ghata, became more open, and, though still 

 uncultivated, was comparatively free from jungle. The line of march 

 lay over the tops of the small hills which were still very numerous, and 

 we had thus pretty extensive views of the surrounding country. It pre- 

 sented a waved, or rather mamillary aspect, and several small ranges of 

 low ridge-shaped hills were observed. Mica slate, and mica slate ap- 

 proaching to clay slate, were almost the only rocks observed. 



We next proceeded to Janana, a Bhil P&l, sixteen miles from the 

 last. The country was still completely studded with low rocky hills — 

 for the first three or four miles mica slate preponderated, after this the 

 hills were almost entirely composed of pure white quartz, in which 

 occasional scales of mica were observed, but these were rare. This rock 

 every where appeared at the surface, giving to the scene a striking and 

 peculiar aspect, and were it not for a hot burning sun one would almost 

 be inclined to believe that the country was covered with snow. No other 

 rock made its appearance, except an occasional bed of mica slate of in- 

 considerable extent — many of the masses of this quartz were nearly trans- 

 parent and approached to rock crystal, and otliers had a slight rose tinge. 

 It was either compact or large granular, the concretions being about the 



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