AT NAGPUR, &c. 207 



The prospect in this direction is very limited, and shows only hills of 

 little elevation, entirely covered with deep jungle. To the east and west, be- 

 low the range of hills, the country enjoys considerable means of irrigation, 

 and is comparatively well cultivated. And directly underneath, to the 

 east, is the very picturesque valley of the hill itself, which, from the point 

 of the enclosure of the temples, forks out into two branches, that, after a 

 range of three or four miles, curve towards each other, and, though not 

 exactly meeting, appear to do so ; small detached hills and promontories 

 enclosing the scene. At the head of this valley a large tank has been 

 dammed in, round which are several pretty little Hindu buildings. 



To this tank also, from the top of the hill, descends another noble 

 and easy flight of steps, formed, as the other, of gneiss. 



The first range of hills, north of Rdmtek, is of quartz, and the begin- 

 ning of the Glicit is of the white quartz of the specimen No. 2 ; farther 

 on, gneiss occurs, and at Dongertdl, eleven miles from Rdmtek, and the 

 top of the ascent, the little hills of rock scattered about the tank and val- 

 ley, are of granite. 



Below the hill, on the south and west, are considerable beds of marie, 

 capable of being burned into tolerable lime. 



Between the lesser RdmtSk hill, and the point of a range of quartz 

 rock, on the west, is a gap of about two miles; and three or four miles 

 north of this is the village of Kumdn, the last to be met in approach- 

 ing the jungle, which here is very high and thick. 



On entering the jungle, the surface rock appears to be white mica 

 schist, entirely disintegrated ; and proceeding on three or four miles, the 



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