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of both indicate that they belong to that division of the genus which range, from the Lias to the Chalk, 
both inclusive. Belemnites two species, fig. 25, 26, and 27. 
A section having been given of a portion of the Central Range of India, that is, from Sheerghatty to 
Rogonautpore, some details might be given respecting their Geological structure, but as the Author has 
already exhausted his space, he can only refer to the valuable papers of Dr.Voysey and of Colonel Sykes, 
as well as to that of Dr. Malcolmson, for the Geology of Central India, and to the Geological observa- 
tions made by the Rev. Mr. Everest, on a journey from Calcutta to Ghazipore, Gleanings, iii., p. 129. 
In the Section No, 4, is seen that the rocky basis of the range is composed of Gneiss, passing occasionally 
into mica slate ; and that this alternates with hornblende rock, which is most conspicuous at the -several 
Ghauts; and that they have both an anticlinal dip from the Granite and ‘Trap, which make their appear- 
ance at the Suspension Bridge, and in the Bulbul rivulet. The Granite is also seen in outliers, and on 
both flanks of the range. On the Gneiss, a gray micaceous sandstone is horizontally deposited, but 
much disturbed in some situations. With the shale, &c. impressions of fossil vegetables are found, as 
well as Coal. 
The Chinnakooree Coat formation, Section No. 3, resembles that of Ranigunj, on the Damooda, 
described by Mr. Jones and the Rev. Mr. Everest, and noticed by Mr. De la Beche in his Manual, 
p. 399, from the Author’s notes, but which he is compelled to suppress. Gneiss was seen near Pachette, 
but the hill over which the Author passed was found to be composed of Red Sandstone and Conglome- 
rate. The Coal is imbedded in shale, with loose-grained gray Sandstone, both above and below. See 
the above Authors, as well as Mr. Mc’Clelland’s able report of «* A Committee for investigating the Coal 
and Mineral Resources of India” (Calcutta, 1838), where the discovery of a raised beach of tertiary 
shells in the Kasya Hills is noticed, and a list is given of all the sites of Coal (and Lignite, as those in 
the Himalayas,) at present known to exist on the continent of India. They may briefly be enumerated 
as follows,—Burpwan, Ranigunj, Chinakooree, Adjai Seedpoorie, Pariharpoor, Darbadanaghat, 
Benares Road 149th mile stone, and other places ; Hazareebagh, Rasmanat, Patsandeh Baghelpoor, 
Skrigully, Hurra, Patamoo, two principal beds, Amarath. Brpsecuru, Nersuppa, Towar river, 
Hoshungabad, Jubulpoor, Sohagpore, Chanda, Warda nala. Currackx, Mahanadi. Assam Deupha- 
panee near Bramakoond, Namroop river, Suffry or Disung river, near Rungpore, Dhunsiree river, 
Jumoona river, Kossila river near Gowahate, Chilmari and Doorgapoor. Sinuet, Laour and other 
sites, Kasya hills Chirrapunjie, Sarrarim, Manipur near capital, Gendah on Kuenduan river. Arracan 
Sandoway District, Kyook Phyoo Island. Movimery, Anthracite at Bothoung. Sovrnrrn Inpra, 
Travancore, fossil seeds carbonized. Himataya, Kemaon lignite, Moradabad, lower range. Inpus, 
Cutch, Peshawur. 'To these may be added the indications of i discovered in — to a —— of 
400 at Calcutta and 300 feet at Goga in Gujerat. 
The Shales of Ranigunj and Chinnakooree contain abundant remains of Ranigunj Reed ; Vertebraria 
indica, nob., Plate 2, fig. 1, 2, 3, and of another species, V. radiata, nob., fig. 5, 6, 7. Trizygia speciosa 
referred formerly to Sphenophyllum? De la Beche, Manual, p.400, and mentioned by Mr. Jones as 
“‘ impressions of flowers.” This appears to belong to the natural family of Marsileacee, v. p. 431. Of this 
new genus there is a second species found in Germany, and the Author has a third species lent him by 
Dr. Mantell, from the Anthracite of Mount Carbon, in Pennsylvania. Pustularia Calderiana, nob., Pecop- 
teris Lindleyana, fig. 4, and Glossopter's daneoides, fig. 9, are the other plants obtained from the same 
locality. Glossopteris angustifolia, and G. Browniana, are other species mentioned by M. Adolphe 
Brongniart. The presence of the latter is remarkable, as it was originally found in the carboniferous 
series of Eastern Australia by Dr. Robert Brown, v. De la Beche, Manual, p. 401. 
It would have been interesting to have concluded this cursory view of the Geology of parts of India 
with a notice of the various mineral resources of that country, which though little developed are very 
abundant, and some of which have long been known to, and formed articles of commerce to both the 
ancient and modern civilized nations of the Earth, as the Author has endeavoured to prove, 1 from p. 40 
to 47, and p. 95 to p. 104, in his “‘ Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine, London, ee 
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