sec. 6.] poetion of the central plain near bhooj. 167 



Neighbouhhood of Bhooj. 



In the vicinity of Bhooj station and city, the slope of the plain 

 and run of the streams is still to the north, the most conspicuous feature 

 of the country being the hill of Bhoojia close to the camp and east- 

 south-east of the city. It is formed largely of trap, rises above the 

 plain to a height of from 300 to 350 feet, as the inequalities of this 

 are consideredj and is crowned by the walls of a large fort enclosing a 

 steep valley on its northern side. The camp is situated on the western 

 and south-western declivities of the hill, commanding an extensive view 

 of the Charwar and Katrol range, the hill of Wurrar, rising over a steep 

 intervening escarpment beyond the city, the valley of the Kara river, and 

 the distant peaks and summits of Vichia, Kundwinga, Drabwa, and 

 Nuuao to the west, appearing above long lines of rocky ground which 

 bound the valley of the Kara in that direction. 



All round Bhooj the rocks are of the usual coarse, white, and 



purple, variegated, ferruginous and shaly character, 

 Bhooj. 



marking the upper part of the Jurassic series. 



They have low dips to the south and south by west, seldom exceeding 



4° or 5.° One or two Palaozamia inipressions were found lying 



loose on the western slope of Bhoojia hiU, but the red flaggy laj'er 



which contained them could not be found in situ ; some excavations, 



however, for the purpose of planting trees at a place midway between 



the Post OiSce and the Church passed through white sandstones and 



gray shales, in the latter of which a few definite impressions of similar 



plants were observed, 



A band of marine fossiliferous rock, crossing apparently through 



the camp and passing close to Bhoojia hill, is indicated upon 



Mr. Blanford's small sketch map ; but the closest search has failed to 



find anything of the sort, and it appears to have been introduced upon 



information referring to another place in the lower division of the 



Jurassic beds to the southward. 



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