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range of considerable extent stretches in a south-westerly direction, from 

 the fort of Banira. The first rocks which present themselves are 

 micaceous schists, in which the mica is abundant, and in plates of consi- 

 derable size ; in these are embedded garnets. Beds of quartz, and a 

 micaceous schist, approaching to argillaceous schist, are frequently met 

 with — and the latter of these rocks is more abundant towards the south. 

 For a very considerable distance to the north of KanJearauU, and from 

 thence east to Shihvara, situated thirty-four miles north of Chitor, the 

 micaceous schists still preponderate, and they alternate with hornblende 

 rocks and quartz. In the neighbourhood of BMlivara, we observe an 

 extensive series of alternations of this kind ; and the hornblende rocks, 

 which occur in great abundance, exist in the form of hornblende schist, — 

 hornblende rock, and hornblende rock approaching to sienitic granite. 



Proceeding north, the granitic rocks preponderate, and the range of 

 hills, on the termination of which to the north, JBanira is situated, is en- 

 tirely composed of granite. The granites of this range are various, and 

 the different varieties alternate with each other, — some of the beds being 

 stratified, and others assuming a regular prismatic form. One variety 

 is a very fine-grained grey granite, of a crumbling nature, easily affected 

 by the atmosphere, and, in its partially decomposed state, exactly resem- 

 bling a sandstone. Another variety is a granite, in which quartz and 

 felspar occur in large angular concretions, the quartz being white 

 and semi-transparent, and the felspar being nearly opaque, and 

 of a milky white color — with these a very small proportion of mica 

 is associated. This last rock was traversed by veins of felspar, or 

 rather adularia, of a beautiful pearly lustre. Another variety of gra- 

 nite also occurred, in which the mica, of a dark olive color, ^vas dis- 

 tinctly crystallized, as were also occasionally the quartz and felspar. The last 

 variety is large granular. The hills of this range are low, and they do 



