MISCELLA NEO US NO TES. 



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No. LiV.— NOTES ON THE CUTCH AMMONITES. 



(With a Plate.) 



About four miles from Bhuj there runs a belt of low hills rich in Belem- 

 nites and Ammonites, to say nothing of Terebratula?., Cardia, Pleuroto- 

 marise at hoc genus omne. This belt extends for over four miles without 

 a break, running generally west to east. It extends further still, after 

 breaks, but for the present article, this section of four miles Avill be con- 

 sidered. 



As you approach Bhuj from Mandvi, at a point six miles from Bhuj, 

 you will find yourself at the top of the pass of the Charwar hills. From its 

 summit, you look down across a broad plain, in the centre of which the 

 Palace tower rises clear and high above the masses of surrounding greenery 

 which ensconce the city. To your right and left runs the long Charwar 

 range in a steady line, golden yellow against the azure sky — with numerous 

 ridges and foothills along the northern base. 



A short w&y down the descent, the road carries you through a cutting 

 and across a bridge. This cutting is the ridge of which 1 write. In spite 

 of the frowns and gibes of scientific terminologists, I call it the Belteram 

 ridge : why ? because it is full of Belemnites, Terebratuhe and Ammo- 

 nites. It is well worth the close study of a palseontologist. 



Now take the following sketch, and you will easily find the limits of my 

 Belteram range. It is indicated by the cross line. 



Bhui 



OTank 



Roughly speaking it lias an average width from north to south of 250 

 yards, but as the strata are tilted at 30° or so, the actual perpendicular 

 thickness of the belt as deposited would be about 600 feet, at each end of 

 the line the belt subsides into the plain to east and west. Nullas which 

 run across its supposed track beyond each end, show no trace of it. It 

 has vanished down below. 



