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a much less length, of clear section would have thrown light on many 

 an important point, either it happened that alluvium obscured the sur- 

 face, or sands hid the rocks in the rivers. In the north of the field, 

 especially when there was pressing necessity to trace the extension of the 

 coal-measures during the early period of its survey, the fragmentary 

 character of the sections was a constantly recurring source of dis- 

 appointment. 



I did not observe any unconformity of dip of the Kota-Maleri strata 

 Stratigraphical relation to those of the Kamthi, but there is distinct over- 



to Kanithi group. ] n , i • i • , ■, , 



° r ■'appmg — a teature wnicn, with more opportu- 



nity of investigation in the Pranhita and its tributary valleys where 

 the rocks of this group are most fully developed, may be found to in- 

 dicate upheaval and denudation of the Kamthis. 



The organic remains yielded by this group have been discovered in 



greatest abundance near the villages of Kota and 

 Organic remains. .• ' 



Maleri, but several localities besides these have 



been found to be fossiliferous, — namely, Itala, Aehlapur, Wigaon, Gola- 



gata, Kasnapali, Naniala, Katanapali, and Anaram, all of which are 



beyond the borders of the Wardha Valley field. 



The red clay beds are those which have most richly rewarded search, 

 and from them and one or other of the lenticular layers of greyish 

 green granular argillaceous sandstones intercalated with them, were 

 procured the greater number of fossils collected during the operations of 

 the survey. 



These have not yet been submitted to a thorough scrutiny, and it is 

 at present uncertain what proportion of new forms they may include. 

 Probably, however, when closely examined, some species, in addition to 

 those already described or alluded to by Sir Phillip Egerton and the 

 Rev. S. Hislop, in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of 

 London, and by Dr. Oldham in our own Memoirs, will be established. 



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