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Hughes: A'o(e on a trip over the Milam Tass. 
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referred to their true palfeozoic horizon. The main interest of this paper is 
embodied in Dr. Waagen’s remarks ; so, after a brief account of the azoic region 
from Almora northward, I will quote them in full, adding a few comments of my 
Takli; Bageswar. 
Slates. 
We left llmora on the afternoon of the 3rd August, and encamped for the 
evening at Takli, and on the following day got into 
Bageswar, a distance of 30 miles from Almora. 
The rocks traversed belonged to the metamorphic series, and consisted of 
quartzites and schists, a few slate bands and some lime¬ 
stones, with a general dip to the north. Good slates 
occur in the rise of the hill near Billari, and capping the hill is a great mass of 
limestone. 
Where the road slopes to the Sarju river, about four miles south of Bageswar, 
soapstone appears. It cannot fail to be noticed in the 
“ rains,” from the circumstance that at eveiy step you 
take down the hill, your feet slip from under you, unless great care be 
e.vercised. 
Between Bageswar and Kapkot—the next halting-place, 12 miles distant- 
similar rocks to those already passed over occur. An 
impure bed of graphite crops out in the left bank of 
the first tributary of the Sarju beyond Bag’eswar, where 
KapkfSt. 
Graphite. 
From 
Kapkot 
the roadway is carried over on a wooden bridge. 
Shama. 
we went on to Shama, a distance of 13 miles. The road 
leaves the valley of the Sarju at its junction with the 
Rehra, and follows the course of the latter river. The 
rocks are of the same character as those seen during the past marches, and have 
still their northerly dip. Deposits of recent limestone are very prevalent; 
and at Khar-baggar, where the road to the Pindra glacier leaves the one we 
were travelling, there is a sulphureous spring. 
Our march to Tezam was only 7 miles, but a great deal of climbing had to be 
done, and we did not arrive until the afternoon. In 
addition to the ordinary quartzites and schists, and super¬ 
ficial deposits of calcareous tufa which were very numerous, there is a consider- 
^ . able thickness of white dolomitic limestones, compact and 
roloimtie limestone. J 
very fine-grained. A splendid cliff-section of them 
occurs at the mouth of the Jankiili river, which falls into the Ram- 
ganga, opposite Tezam. Another short journey of miles brought us to 
Girgaon, situated high up a hillside. For the firat 5 miles the road runs 
along the right bank of the Jankiili, and more dolo¬ 
mite is exposed. Near Girgaon talcose quartz-schists 
replace it. 
To Miinshiari,' our next halting-place, was 8 miles. The route was a very 
trying one, owing to the number of heavy ascents and 
descents. For some way beyond Girgaon the most pro- 
T6zam. 
Girgaon. 
Miinshiari. 
^ Munshiari ig not the name of a village, but the term applied to the whole of the villages that 
are clustered around Jallat and Suring. 
