98 GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY 



and examining my specimens that I discovered its true composition. It 

 may be called selenitic gneiss. It was distinctly stratified and dipped 

 towards the N. E. This formation is continued for several miles in 

 the direction of the Residency at Minta, at which place I arrived 

 next day. The geology of the last march I shall not enter into at 

 present, as I propose drawing out a " sketch of the geology of the valley 

 of Udayapur and its neighbourhood," in which this portion of the country 

 will be included. - ' ' 



In conclusion, I would again call your attention to the regularity of 

 the gradation observed from the rocks seen on leaving Birpur to those 

 in the neighbourhood of Udayapur, They pass into each other by almost 

 insensible degrees, so that it is often difficult to say, in which class parti- 

 cular specimens ought to be included. The granitic rocks, — except the 

 very large granular variety of Pandua, which I have supposed to be a 

 very old granite^ — are, generally speaking, small grained, or intermediate 

 between small and large. 



These remarks, such as they are, I do myself the pleasure of for- 

 warding to the Physical Committee of the Asiatic Society, and I have to 

 regret, that the season of the year at which I travelled ; viz. during the 

 hot winds, prevented me extending my observations so far as I could 

 have wished. This circumstance must plead my apology for the imper- 

 fect nature of this communication. I have avoided entering into any de- 

 tails connected with the character, &c. of the inhabitants of the country 

 through which I have passed : this would have extended my paper to an 

 undue length : this, however, I must say, that I have experienced nothing 

 but civility from the rude and barbarous tribes among whom I have tra- 

 velled, and, though the names of Shil and Coleah have always been 

 associated with those of plunderers and robbers, I have met with more 

 jj^u.. attention 



