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Of the fossil plants from Kawarsa, including' Phjllotlieca Indica ; 



Sckizoneura ; Glossopteris Browniana, var. Indica; 

 Kawarsa fossil plants. .' , . 7 



and Glossopteris Browniana, var. Australasica ; 



some were found in a slightly carbonaceous shale, cropping out in the 

 right bank of the river north of the village ; and others in a grey argil- 

 laceous shale near the junction of the two rivers below Kawarsa. Carbon- 

 aceous matter is so very rare in the Kamthis that the occurrence of 

 even slightly carbonaceous shale is a noteworthy circumstance. A boring 

 was put down through it, to see whether it was the presage of coal; 

 but there was no definite result, the hole only having been carried to a 

 depth of 88 feet, and then abandoned owing to the chisel sticking at 

 every stroke. The section was — 



1. Yellow clay 



2. Yellow and grey clay 



3. Yellow ferruginous clay 



4. Light-bluish clay 



5. Variegated bluish clay 



6. Carbonaceous shale 



7. Yellow sandstone micaceous 



8. Carbonaceous shale 



9. Grey-bluish clay 



In the same beds as the plants, Estherias were found ; and another 

 discovery of them was made near Piinwat by Mr. Blanford, in reddish- 

 yellow argillaceous sandstone similar to that at Mangli. There is a 

 heavy development of clays around Malagarh Hill, and I look upon 

 them as distinct from the beds at Parsora, l>eing several hundred feet 

 higher in the series. They are traceable by indications of red soil for 

 nearly two miles north-west of Kawarsa, and for as many to the south- 

 east. 



The breadth of the Kamthis narrows very much opposite Paramdeo, 

 and they are entirely cut out by the faults which let in the Vindhyan 

 limestones on the right bank of the Pem Ganga, west of Karoa. 



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