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with coaly layers. As these rocks strike with the stream, it is most pro- 

 bable that they are all referable to two, or at the outside three, distinct 

 seams. The black shale where sodden with water in the bed of the river 

 had much the appearance of coal ; but closer examination soon proved it 

 to be utterly worthless. At various points attempts appear to have been 

 made to find coal; but the heaps of stuff which still remain on the 

 ground shew that what was found was not considered worth removal. 



About half a mile south of Jotichapur, the river exposes gneiss, which 

 is plastered over by a quartz pebble conglomerate similar to one which 

 occurs in a like position at the base of the section in the Bansloi River. 

 Near Jotichapur, we come upon the grits and conglomerates of the 

 Dubrajpur group. 



In the adjoining areas indicated on the map, and also in the one on 

 the north between Talkudia and Kanga, Barakar sandstones and grits 

 with occasional bands of carbonaceous and coaly shale are exposed. 

 With this brief notice and a reference to the map for further particulars, 

 I shall now pass on to describe the rocks of the Pachwara Pass or Bansloi 

 Valley. 



At the village of Burgo, near the entrance to the Pachwara Pass, 



_ t . , „ there is a small area of about three-fourths of a 



feection at Burgo. 



square mile occupied by sandstones, shales and 

 coal. The following section taken from west to east shews their truly 

 Barakar character : — 



Coarse pebble bed resting on gneiss, dip 35°. 



Grey sbales. 



Blue and black carbonaceous shales. 



Fine sandstones. 



Carbonaceous and coaly shale, dip 12°, 4' 6 /f . 



White and yellowish shales, 



Sandstones. 



Blue shales. 



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