24 WYNNE : GEOLOGY OP KITTCH. [PAET I. 



deniKlatlon was going on, and perhaps one when the features of the 

 country differed somewhat from the present, and when the atmospheric 

 agencies, under former conditions, were more effective. 



In such rocks as have been mentioned the-qrivers cut deep channels, 

 whose precipitous sides and heavily abraded forms convey a somewhat 

 exaggerated impression of torrential action to which, under existing 

 sources of water-supply, they can be but seldom subjected.* 



The plains of Kutch are of two kinds, one the ordinaiy coast-plain 

 of Western India, the others traversing the in- 



Plains. _ ■" S 



terior of the country longitudinally on the general 



strike of the Jurassic sandstones, but sending the streams which drain 



their surface in a direction generally at right angles to that of their 



extension. To the east of Bhooj, however, this peculiarity is less marked ; 



Plains formed overuu- ^^^ ™ ^^^ Wagir Country the small rivers radiate 



cUdating beds. ^^^^ ^j^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^-^^ ^-^^^^^ j^ ^j^^^^ pj^^.^^g ^f 



the interior, the rocks frequently appear with gently undulating bedding, 

 crags and scarps, of harder nature or steadier dip than usual, projecting 

 above the surface. 



In Wagir to the east the same relations as before described continue ; 

 a sharp anticlinal on its southern side, from the position of the beds. 



* In a letter in The Field for June 12th, 1869, it is stated "by Mr. P. S. Simmonds, that 

 in the Kunn of Kutch 240 inches of rain have fallen between June and Septemher — vide 

 his paper Civil Engineers' and ArcJdtects' Journal, London, Novemher 1855. A particularly- 

 heavy rain-fall is sometimes spoken of, but one like that stated above must be beyond 

 everything exceptional, to judge from the accompanying table extracted from the Kutch 

 Residency register. It is probably a mistake for 24-0. 



Tear. 



Ineli. Cents. 



Tear. 



Inch. Cents. 



Year. 



Inch. Cents. 



Tear. 



Inch. Cents. 



1848 

 1849 

 1860 

 1851 

 186?, 



0-10 

 8-79 

 21-60 

 21-51 

 19-32 



1853 

 1851 

 1855 

 18.i6 

 1857 



C-21 

 31-85 

 20-76i 

 11-68 

 lS-14 



1858 

 1869 

 1860 

 1861 

 1862 



13-45 

 10-63 

 1-80 

 8-33 

 3*88 



1363 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 



21-91 

 7-28 

 11-64 

 20-72 

 8-4 

 8-37 



( 24 ) 



up to September 28th 23-74). 



