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and Hamites indicus. The fauna is related to that of the 

 Aryalur, Valudayur and Trigonarca beds of the east 

 coast of the Indian Peninsula, and also to that of 

 European Senonian strata, but in the latter case there 

 are fewer species identifiable .with Pondoland forms. 

 The Umzamba beds have representatives in Zululand 

 (Umkwelane Hill), at Sofala, and in Madagascar. 



3. THE EMBOTYI GROUP. 



Near the mouth of the Embotyi Eiver, about seven- 

 teen miles north-east of St. John's, there is a group of 

 conglomerates and green sandstones stretching about 

 four miles south-west from Waterfall Bluff. At the 

 south-western end of the outcrops the beds lie nearly 

 horizontally, and behind them are shales and sandstones 

 probably belonging to the Ecca series, which have a 

 rather high dip to the south-east. The junction of the 

 two groups has not been seen, but it is very probably an 

 unconformity. Farther to the north-east the Einbotyi 

 beds dip at moderate angles to the north-east, north and 

 south, showing that they have been considerably dis- 

 turbed since their deposition. At the north-eastern end 

 of the exposures the Embotyi beds rest against a cliff 

 of Table Mountain sandstone, and the slickensides still 

 visible on part of the cliff, together with other evidence 

 in the conglomerate itself, prove that the Embotyi beds 

 have been faulted down against the older rock. The 

 line of fault runs westwards from Waterfall Bluff, and 

 about two miles from the latter separates the Table 

 Mountain sandstone from the Ecca beds. Waterfall 



Bluff is a vertical cliff, some 300 feet high, whose base 



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