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slope west at very low angleSj in a bay-like recess eastward of a con- 

 spicuous sand-hill. The surface of one of these beds was observed to' 

 be thickly studded with several varieties of flat Echinodermata, among 

 which are the following : — Gmlojtleurus Prattii, Echinolampas, sp., 

 Schizaster BelucJiistanensis, n. sp.^ Hupatagus jiatellaris, and a few 

 Gastropoda badly preserved. 



Similar rocks to the above re-appear at Nariensir with earthy sand- 

 stones and more or less rubbly beds^ containing 



Nariensir. 



imperfect casts of bivalve shells. Overlying these 

 are patches of dark limestone and ferruginous gritty conglomerate 

 enclosing lumps of laterite. They contain ferruginous casts of Tiirritellce, 

 some sharks' teethj oj^sters, Balani, and a few claws of small crabs^ and 

 suggested a doubtful unconformity to the lower beds. 



The small patch of Runn-like ground east of Nariensir is thickly 

 covered with salt during the dry season.* 



A strong calcareous conglomerate made up mostly of nummulitic 

 debrisj with fragments of the local tertiary rocksj 

 conceals much of the ground in the vicinity of 

 Goer. It rests with palpable unconformity upon all underlying rocks 

 wherever sections have been found, and is supposed to represent either 

 some of the uppermost tertiary rocks or the littoral concrete of Western 

 India. No fossils except those derived from other rocks were observed 

 in it here. 



About a mile to the east of the village^ it rests upon mottled sandy 

 shales and gray silty clays, in which a few fossils occur, including 

 the carapace of a very small crab, some long narrow spines of EcJii- 

 noderms, and a few small shells like Cardita, Corhula, &c. These clays 

 have a gentle slope to the westward, and beyond their outcrop to the 



* A well in the talao at Nariensir, althougli sunk through the rock to a depth very 

 nearly, if not quite, reaching the sea level, furnishes sweet water. Wells in a similar situ- 

 ation along the shore of the Ruun are said to he generally salt. 

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