HILLS AT GERAIAH. 
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raiahjOrGerawah, we came to this second series. The general 
figure of these hills, like the former mentioned, is pyrami- 
dal ; and they may be said, in this respect, to resemble a 
fragment of the granite rock which composes them. They 
stretch from the village of Geraiah in two or three direc- 
tions, the hne of some crossing that of others, and, not- 
withstanding their irregularity as a range, they appear to 
follow individually particular series ; and we can trace a 
succession of isolated rocky elevations forming chains across 
the country. The largest of these, which is situate to the 
right of the village, has at the summit a rock of a white 
colour, like chalk, which I regretted, from the distance it 
was placed at, I could not examine. The others are com- 
posed of granite, similar to the rock at Ban da, and present 
the same arrangement, or more properly, deficiency of ar- 
rangement, seen at Banda. At the lower part of one of 
those hills, quartz veins, distinct from the general composi- 
tion of the granite, intersect it to a considerable extent ; and 
on the summit, the blocks have assumed the shape of ba- 
saltic columns, standing perpendicularly, with four sides, 
which, at some distance, makes them appear like an over- 
lying stratum of a different formation. 
The country in this neighbourhood displays a thousand 
charms, compared with the district near the Jumna. The 
roads are dry ; and the rocky elevations in front, having a 
covering of beautiful shrubs entwined with numerous varie- 
ties of climbing plants, give quite a new feeling to the mind 
on viewing the prospect. New animals, too, inhabitants of 
these, present themselves. The peacock, arrayed in all his 
gorgeous hues, and shining with a native glossiness of plu- 
mage, is not unfrequently seen perched on a projecting 
block of granite ; v/hile herds of antelopes bound along the 
plain below ; and the shrill cry of the Indian partridge 
