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have been identified b}' Stoliczka as — Rostellaria Prestwiclii ; Tere- 

 hellum ; Cerithiiim ; Cyprcea elegans ; Natica longispira ; Conus, pp. ; 

 Trochus, sp. ; Pholas, sp. ; Pecten Hopkinsi ; P. Favrei ; P. cornetis ; 

 Vulsella legumen ; Ostrea Flemingii ; 0. lingura, etc. ; Nummulites 

 perforata ; N. Brongniarti ; N. exponens ; and N. spira. 



Under the head of Economic Geology, the author points to one 

 serious drawback to the development of the country, namely, the 

 want of roads. Owing to the want of construction these lines of 

 would-be traffic are during the rains totally impassable, districts are 

 entirely isolated from one another, and travelling becomes impossible. 

 In dry weather the mud is exchanged for deep ruts and suffocating 

 clouds of dust. The tanga frequently sinks up to the axle-tree. Iron 

 and iron-ores are fairly abundant ; gold also is met with, but in very 

 small quantity. Building material can be obtained readily within 

 a reasonable depth below the surface in the western taluqs of the 

 Kari and Baroda Prauts. 



Part II is devoted to a sketch of the geology of the Gaekwari 

 Districts in the Kathiawar Peninsula. This area is about 1,32(> 

 square miles in extent, and largely occupied by rolling plains, which 

 as a rule ax-e treeless and cheerless in aspect. The Gir forest is hilly, 

 and is the last refuge of the Gujarat lion, now reduced to about forty 

 individuals. 



The succession of the rocks in the Kathiawar Gaekwari is 

 limited to — 



j-ry T> \ Alluvium and subaerial deposits. 



111. KECENT. j Miliolite. 



II Tertiary ) Dwarka beds. 



11. lERTIARY. ^ Q^. ^^g^g 



I. Cretaceous. Deccan Trap Series. 

 The only economic pi'oduct of importance here seems to be the 

 building stones, principally the miliolite or Porbander stone largely 

 quarried at Porbandar. 



It is quite impossible to do justice as we could desire to this 

 valuable memoir in the space at our command. Three large folding 

 maps greatly assist the comprehension of the regions described. 



Everyone interested in Indian geology will be grateful to 

 Mr. Bruce Foote for his contributions to a fuller knowledge of 

 these districts, which he has so carefully examined and reported 

 upon. Wherever Mr. Bruce Foote goes he gathers not only 

 geological notes but also ethnological treasures. One of these, 

 which he figures in this volume (pi. v), is a rude Palaeolithic axe 

 from the alluvium of the Sabarmati River, and is very remarkable 

 in shape, not unlike an iron adze in form. 



IV. — General Report on the Work carried on by the Geologioal 

 Survey op India for the period from April 1, 1898, to 

 March 31, 1899. Under the direction of C. L. Griesbach, 

 C.I.E., F.G.S. Large 12mo ; pp. 91. (Calcutta, 1899.) 



AMONG the various materials of this Report there is much interest 

 to be found in the " Lists of Assays and Examinations made 

 in the Laboratory during the past year" (pp. 3-10), including the 



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