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It is in these ranges that the marble formation of KanJmrauU occurs. 

 On the side to which the strata dip, the acclivity is gentle ; but in the op- 

 posite direction, they present bluff crags which overhang the lake. The 

 marble occurs in distinctly stratified beds. In a hill examined, the first 

 rock which presented itself was micaceous schist, composed of quartz and 

 mica, the last in large proportion, and in silvery plates of considerable 

 size. Dipping under this, occurred a thick bed of marble, the outcrop- 

 pings of the strata making their appearance throughout the whole extent 

 of a low ridge skirting the lake. Under , this again, a micaceous schist, 

 of a more stony aspect than the last, occurred. This contains a consi- 

 derable proportion of associated felspar, and passes into a gneiss of a 

 slaty structure, which is succeeded by a sienitic granite, or rather a horn- 

 blende rock, with which is associated a very large proportion of horn- 

 blende. All these rocks are distinctly stratified, and dip at an angle of 

 about 45° — the dip being southerly, a little inclined to the east. 



The marble which I had an opportunity of examining, was coarse- 

 grained and crystalline. One variety was nearly pure white, while another 

 was greyish white, the last being rather of a closer texture, — both were 

 slightly translucent at the edges, and in their structure they frequently 

 approached to slaty. This marble is a primitive dolomite. It is dissolved 

 slowly, but entirely in nitric and muriatic acids, with slight effervescence, and 

 contains a considerable proportion of carbonate of magnesia, associated with 

 the carbonate of lime. The marble quarries from which all this portion of 

 India is supplied, occur a few miles from this town, and near another lake 

 of smaller size, called the jRo/wa^-ar. This marble is more compact and 

 fine-grained than the variety just described, and is associated with a 

 similar variety of rocks. 



The Bunds which are constructed of marble, have a very imposing 

 appearance, and numerous fiat-roofed buildings, supported on pillars, 



