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Ghats. 
15. Aree, Bauhinia. CHAPTER 
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A strong black timber. 
lb. Pedualingee. 
A black wood. 
17. Mimosa Lebec, L. M. 
A white heavy timber. 
18. Tanaca. 
Used for planks and beams. 
19. Vaypachitu , Melia Azadirachta, Lin. 
Used for beams and posts. 
20. Nayla Balasu, Haydarany of the Canarese. 
A black wood, that kindles readily, and burns clearly, and there- 
fore is used for torches. 
In ascending the Ghats, I had an excellent opportunity of ob- Strata of the 
serving the strata, where the rock has been cut away to form the 
road. The grand component part of these mountains is a granite, 
consisting of white felspar and quartz, with dark green mica, in a 
small proportion to the other two ingredients. ’The particles are 
angular, and of moderate size. It seems to come near to the Gla- 
nitello of the Italians (Waller. Min. II. p. 423), and is an excellent 
material for building ; as it is readily cleft by wedges, and is at the 
same time strong and durable. Intermixed with this is another 
stone, in a state of decay, -consisting of angular masses of various 
sizes, divided by fissures, so as to be separable with little difficulty. 
The sides of the fissures are tarnished, and covered by extraneous 
matter. This is a stone commonly called a granite in decay, the 
mica being supposed to have been entirely decomposed, and the 
felspar to be in the act of decomposition, and to have assumed an 
arid powdery appearance, while the glassy quartz retains its na- 
tural consistence. That the strata in question are in a state of 
decay, from the numei'ous fissures in them, I have no doubt ; but 
there are other strata of similar component parts common all over 
the lower Carnatic , especially at Mahahalipura (the seven Pagodas), 
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