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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER The strata of the Ghats run north and south, and are vertical*
VIII. They are so much intersected by fissures, as to be of little use for
Oct. 10. building. In one place I found large concretions of lime-stone,
Chats.
eastem° G resembling those found at Malesxvara Betta, which have the appear-
ance of the petrified nests of white ants : but here the masses were
infinitely too large to have derived their origin from such a source*
The ore of iron, in form of black sand, is very plentiful; but in this
neighbourhood none is smelted.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER The strata of the Ghats run north and south, and are vertical*
VIII. They are so much intersected by fissures, as to be of little use for
Oct. 10. building. In one place I found large concretions of lime-stone,
Chats.
eastem° G resembling those found at Malesxvara Betta, which have the appear-
ance of the petrified nests of white ants : but here the masses were
infinitely too large to have derived their origin from such a source*
The ore of iron, in form of black sand, is very plentiful; but in this
neighbourhood none is smelted.