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Mr. Hardie proceeded from Baroda to Udayapfir ; and such remarks as he 
could make on the nature of the rocks in a hurried march, are here thrown toge- 
ther. He does not pretend, he says, “ to give a correct geological description of 
the country/’ To effect such a task time was wanting. 
From Baroda to Balasinur, a distance of 56 miles, nothing is seen but a uniform 
expanse of alluvial soil. At Balasinur we first observe rock formations occasion- 
ing a diversity of surface. The only rock is a “ conglomerate principally com- 
posed of agates and other quartzose minerals.” Some of the agates are of consider- 
able size. At Pandua, ten miles farther, in a northerly direction, is seen “ a close 
grey granite, composed of greyish felspar, translucent quartz, and dark coloured 
mica, with hornblende occasionally disseminated through it:” it passes into a lar- 
ger grained rock composed of large masses of reddish grey felspar, nearly trans- 
parent quartz, and silver coloured mica.” “ Some of the masses of quartz” “ were 
upwards of a foot square, and many of them nearly transparent, through the sub- 
stance of which prismatic crystals of schorl were seen to shoot. These rocks were 
not stratified.” 
Five miles beyond Birpfir, a more hilly country occurs, though the hills are low, 
and their summits form a kind of table land which is, like the plains, covered with 
an alluvial soil of great depth. The stone used for building is a compact quartzose 
sandstone, or rather a ferruginous quartz; and it appears to be distinctly stratified. 
Mr. Hardie thinks that the alluvial depositc which covers the plains of Guzerat, and 
nncends even the lower hills, as above noticed, can hardly be attributed to the 
operation of causes still in action. He appears in fact to consider it as diluvial. 
Whatever may be the case with regard to the deposits in question, we have our- 
; elves not the smallest doubt as to the reality of this distinction, first insisted on by 
Dr. Buckland, and supported with so many happy illustrations by Professor Sedge- 
v ick. It is quite apparent in some of the deposites in India, and perhaps even more 
so than in those of Enrope. 
Guzerat he compares to Bengal, and describes it as having a rich soil, cultivated 
by a comparatively speaking civilised people ; covered with numerous tanks and wells 
an I rivers. 
From BSrpfir to Dewari, six miles N. E., the hilly country continues presenting a 
more ridgy appearance, and having at a distance a uniform and even outline. Their 
slopes arc covered with debris of the local rocks, which consist of, 1. a greyish 
quartz rock, inclining to slaty structure, 2. a ferruginous quartz, and 3. a pure white 
quartz ; the three occurring in frequent alternations, and the latter always appear- 
ing to be amorphous. 
After leaving Dewari, various modifications of quartz rock and clay slate alter- 
nating with, and occasionally passing into each other appear, and in highly inclined 
strata. These would perhaps by some be termed transition, but Mr. H. cannot see 
the use of this term, as he considers that there is an uninterrupted series between 
these and the oldest rocks. 
Five miles from Dewari a plain covered with a thick soil commences, which con- 
tinues for thirteen miles to Ilartfina. Occasionally small hills or rising grounds 
make their appearance, composed of the above strata, still highly inclined, clay slate 
being more predominant. At Harttina the superficial rock in the plain was found to 
h.« a sandstone with a clayey basis, and of a soft friable nature. It was a variegated 
rock, with spots of a reddish colour dispersed over a whitish ground. Below this 
was found a grey calcareous sandstone, both arranged in strata very slightly inclin- 
ed. Nothing like organic remains was found. A vein of quartz wa3 seen to tra- 
vme it about 6 feet in breadth below, diminishing to 1^ above. The quartz was of 
:i pure white colour and crystalline structure. It presented the appearance of anum- 
ber of rounded masses, which appeared to be derived from the neighbouring hills, 
rnented together by calcareous matter. Mr. Hardie considers this sandstone to be 
ynonymous with the new red sandstone of Jameson. 
In Captain Dangerfield’s geological map of this part of the country, a coarse gra- 
il ar limestone is laid down as extending in this direction; no such rock was bow- 
er observed. His hornstone, Mr. Hardie observes, may be the same as the strati- 
d quartz here described. A hornstone so called by Captain D., the author of this 
paper has often examined at Udayasagar, and he has no hesitation in pronouncing 
it to be quartz rock. 
In making these remarks Mr. Hardie would not be understood as wishing to de- 
tract from the well earned merits of Captain Dangerfield. He thinks that we are 
indebted to him for much very valuable information, although to make a correct map 
t the country was more than could be effected by an unassisted individual without 
devoting years to the investigation. 
