SOIL OF BUNDLECUND. 
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not sufficietit to induce him to persevere much longer in hia 
tnining operations. Indeed the business of digging appeared 
altogether at a stand when I passed the ground ; and from 
the remains of pits in every direction, it must have been 
carried on much more extensively at a former period than 
at present. 
Punnah is on many accounts an intexestiilg place. Spa^ 
cious tanks, that would do honour to the most liberal State^ 
are seen surrounded by temples and palaces, neglected 
indeed, but displaying often the elegancies of architecture^ 
and serving as monuments of former grandeur and magni- 
ficence. As a contrast to the picture, we have only to cast 
our eye to the town itself, and view the condition of the 
present inhabitants, which is wretched in the extrelne., 
To return to the geological facts. Red ferruginous gra-> 
vd, the matrix of the diamonds, may be considered as ter- 
minating the regular formation of the hills in this part of 
Bundlecund. The order of arrangement, from below, up- 
wards, being granite, trap, sandstone, and graveL 
Before proceeding to describe the situation of the othef 
rocks, it may be worth while to look back on the ground 
travelled over, and take a comprehensive view of these four 
formations, as developed at the sites mentioned, whether 
singly or in combination, and also to consider the general 
qualities of the soil in the intermediate and adjoining dis-i 
tricts. 
The prevailing soil in BundlecUnd, and indeed to the 
south of the Jumna, is the black coarse earth already al-* 
luded to, apparently consisting of a larger proportion of 
clay and carbonized vegetable remains, than is found in the 
land to the north of that stream. It retains moisture more 
perfectly than the common soil of Hindostan : hence arises 
its miriness in the rainy season, and its disposition to unite 
into hard masses, and form rifts and hollows during tlie 
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