134 WYNNE : GEOLOGY OF KUTCH. [pART II. 



A little patcli of iimestoue which occurs at the outer base of the 

 hills near Wamkaj west of Adhooe. is believed to 



Wamka. 



be of tertiary age, but is so isolated and so small 

 that its relations become exceedingly obscure. It is crystalline, compact, 

 and brittle, and contains faint traces of gastropods. 



The wide alluvial plain which occupies so much of the southern 

 side of Wagur and separates its hilly ground 



Alluvium, 



from the rest of Kutch is, as usual, traversed by 

 deep nullahs, and presents no peculiarity requiring special notice, except- 

 ing that the surface sometimes has a tendency to approach the nature of 

 Regur. The alluvium is of the usual fine brown, loamy, and kunkury 

 kinds. 



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