OncomingtothevillagesunderMarimba，anoldman，wecrossedtheUnguesi，arivuletwhich，liketheLekone，runsbackwardItfallsintotheLeeambyealittleabovethecommencementoftherapidsThestratifiedgneiss，whichistheunderlyingrockofmuchofthispartofthecountry，dipstowardthecentreofthecontinent，butthestrataareoftensomuchelevatedastoappearnearlyontheiredgesRocksofaugitictraparefoundinvariouspositionsonit；thegeneralstrikeisnorthandsouth；
butwhenthegneisswasfirstseen，neartothebasaltofthefalls，itwaseasterlyandwesterly，andthediptowardthenorth，asiftheeruptiveforceofthebasalthadplaceditinthatposition。
Wepassedtheremainsofaverylargetown，which，fromtheonlyevidenceofantiquityaffordedbyruinsinthiscountry，musthavebeeninhabitedforalongperiod；themillstonesofgneiss，trap，andquartzwereworndowntwoandahalfinchesperpendicularlyTheivorygrave-stonessoonrotawayThoseofMoyara’sfather，whomusthavediednotmorethanadozenyearsago，werecrumblingintopowder；
andwefoundthistobegenerallythecaseallovertheBatokacountry。
Theregionaroundisprettywellcoveredwithforest；butthereisabundanceofopenpasturage，and，asweareascendinginaltitude，wefindthegrasstobeshort，andaltogetherunlikethetangledherbageoftheBarotsevalley。