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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 239
peak called Bettada-pura; while those on the opposite side of the chapter
Kapini run nearly north and south. The strata dip toward the north vm-
at an angle of about 30 degrees. They consist of schistose plates; Sept. 21.
and, owing to their being penetrated by fissures at right angles to
the strata, they break with a smooth surface into angular fragments.
The internal structure of the plates is foliated, and these leaves
being of different appearances, and sometimes straight, sometimes
undulated, would seem to show that they have been deposited from
water at different times. The strata are from one to three feet in
thickness, and consist of granular quartz more or less impregnated
with iron ore, which is of the same nature with the common iron-
sand of the country. Inmost of the strata the quartz predominates;
and by the natives these are considered as useless. In others, .al-
though having nearly the same external appearance, the iron is
more abundant, and these are the ore. From these last, ochres, of
various colours exude, by which they are readily distinguished
from the barren strata. In the rainy season, the workmen content
themselves with collecting jme fragments of ore which the water
brings down from the hill. These are like the black sand, but
larger and more angular. From the earth with which they are
mixed they are separated by being washed in long Wooden troughs,
made of hollow trees. In the dry season, the workmen are forced
to have recourse to the strata; but never penetrate deeper than
the surface. Before they begin to work upon any spot, they cover
it with a coat of earth for a year; which seems to accelerate the
decay, and to render the ore brittle. After it has been dug up
with pick-axes, the ore is broken into small pieces, and the iron is
separated from the stony matter by washing.
The smelting is said to be carried on in a manner similar to that Expense and
used in other parts of the country. The iron, as it comes from the working the
smelting-furnace, is sold to the farmers; and the common forges iron ore-
of the blacksmiths are sufficient to work it up into the implements
of agriculture. The rent paid to government is in iron, and this
peak called Bettada-pura; while those on the opposite side of the chapter
Kapini run nearly north and south. The strata dip toward the north vm-
at an angle of about 30 degrees. They consist of schistose plates; Sept. 21.
and, owing to their being penetrated by fissures at right angles to
the strata, they break with a smooth surface into angular fragments.
The internal structure of the plates is foliated, and these leaves
being of different appearances, and sometimes straight, sometimes
undulated, would seem to show that they have been deposited from
water at different times. The strata are from one to three feet in
thickness, and consist of granular quartz more or less impregnated
with iron ore, which is of the same nature with the common iron-
sand of the country. Inmost of the strata the quartz predominates;
and by the natives these are considered as useless. In others, .al-
though having nearly the same external appearance, the iron is
more abundant, and these are the ore. From these last, ochres, of
various colours exude, by which they are readily distinguished
from the barren strata. In the rainy season, the workmen content
themselves with collecting jme fragments of ore which the water
brings down from the hill. These are like the black sand, but
larger and more angular. From the earth with which they are
mixed they are separated by being washed in long Wooden troughs,
made of hollow trees. In the dry season, the workmen are forced
to have recourse to the strata; but never penetrate deeper than
the surface. Before they begin to work upon any spot, they cover
it with a coat of earth for a year; which seems to accelerate the
decay, and to render the ore brittle. After it has been dug up
with pick-axes, the ore is broken into small pieces, and the iron is
separated from the stony matter by washing.
The smelting is said to be carried on in a manner similar to that Expense and
used in other parts of the country. The iron, as it comes from the working the
smelting-furnace, is sold to the farmers; and the common forges iron ore-
of the blacksmiths are sufficient to work it up into the implements
of agriculture. The rent paid to government is in iron, and this