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felfpar in a fmall grained mixture of grey quartz and back mica, and which I defcribedat Rama-giri. Near Savana-durga there is an excellent quarry of this done.

2d. A granite confiding chiefly of black mica and red felfpar. This may be procuredof a very large fize.

3d. The common grey granite of the country. I met alfowith the two following:Hones :

id. A granite with large grains black and white. This may be procure^, of greatfize.

2d. A mod ornamental aggregated rock. The bads is green, of what nature l amuncertain ; perhaps it may be a horndone. It' contains veins of white quartz, and:'concretions of red felfpar. The whole takes an elegant polilh, and may, in Mr. Kir-wan’s acceptation of the word, be confidered as a porphyry. Near the furface the rockis full of rents; but by digging deep, it is faid, large mafles may be procured. Itfeems to differ from the fine green done which was found in the.palace at Seringapatam >only by containing felfpar.

The trees that compofe the foreds among there hills are chiefly the following :

Henna gorivi, Ixora arborea, Rbxb. MSS. — A fmall tree ufed for beams and podsin the houfes of the poorer natives. People travelling at night ufe pieces of it fontorches, as it burns readily and clearly.

Ghendu gorivi, or haydarany. — Serves for the fame purpofes as the preceeding,,and is probably a fpecies of the fame genus.

Cari hulivay, Clutia forte dipularis. — I believe the natives mifapplied this name.They had often mentioned it to me, and had brought a fpeciinen of the timber ; butin the woods they fometimes called one tree by this name, and fometimes another. Atlad they fixed pofitively on this, which is faid to produce good timber.

Heb, or Bily hulivay, Chuncoa huliva, Buck. MSS. A large tree, and goodtimber.

Tor mutti; Chuncoa muttea, Buch. MSS. — At Chinapatam this tree is called Carihulivay. To the northward it is commonly called Mudcfl, which is a Telinga name;It is a very large tree, and its timber is very ufeful.

Tari, Myrobalanus taria, Buch. MSS. — Is a large tree much ufed by the natives..Its timber becomes tolerably durable, if, after being cut, it be kept fome monthsunder water. The kernel of the fruit is efculent.

Arulay, Myrobalanus arula, Buch. MSS. — The timber of this tree, like that of theformer, requires to be watered in order to render it durable. The fruit is the com*-mon tanning and dying myrobalan of this country.

Amutta, or gowda. — It grows to be a large tree, and its timber is ufed for planks,beams, and pods.

Jugalagunti, Dyofpyros montana, Roxb. — The timber of this tree is faid to be hard,and durable; but from fome prejudice, it is never ufed by the natives. Its namefignifies the fcolding wife.

Tupru, Diospyros tupru, Buch. MSS. — Ufed for fmall beams and pods. Thetimber is faid to be very hard and drong.

Vana raja, or Afha, Bauhinia. — It is called the prince of the fored, on account ofthe fuperior excellence of its timber; but it does not grow to a large fize.

Haffur gunny, Dalbergia, — Grows to a middling fize, and its timber is good ; itnearly refembles the following tree; but may be readily didinguilhed by the bottom ofits leaflets being acute ; while in the other they are rounded,.

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