42 WYITOE : GEOLOGY OP THE SALT S.ajf€iS; 12? THE PUNJAB. 



Still further to the west it becomes much wider, and includes the 

 large tract ealledthe Son, reaching to the foot of Sakesar peak, under 

 which is situated the Son-Sakesar lake at an elevation of 2,526 feet. 



In parts this table-land resembles a sea of huge limestone billows^ 

 particularly where it is intersected by the east and west chain of the 

 Patial hills. South of this chain lies a somewhat less elevated and 

 more broken tract, traversed by deep ravines leading down to the plains. 

 The Patial hills rise towards and coalesce with the high mass of Sakesar, 

 as do also those which bound the northern side of the Son pleateau, 

 upon which heights occur of over 2,900, 3,000, and 4,000 feet. The 

 width of this plateau from north to south is about 14 miles, that of 

 the whole range having increased to 18 or 20 miles. The Son 

 possesses a reputation for coolness of climate equal to that of Kashmir.* 



A large spur or lobe of hills,t leaving Sakesar, flanks for some 

 miles the narrow part of the range which trends to 

 the north-north-west, as if to continue the southern 

 side of the Son plateau, but it is much more broken, and has little or 

 nothing of the plateau character. It is separated by a long and deep 

 valley from the narrower part of the range and it rises to a height of 2,899 

 feet above Chideru. 



From the summit of Sakesar the eye ranges widely over the adjacent 



^ , , ., country. To the south, flat plains and desert 



Country oneacn side •' 



bf the range. stretch to the horizon with a surface to all ap- 



pearance as level as that of the sea, being broken only by the great rivers 

 and the distant tops of the Korana hills, a small group near the Chenab 

 river. To the north the Potwar or Rawal-Pindi plateau expands beyond 

 the zone of " Kuddera " at foot of the range in wide, gentle undulations, 

 upon which, eastwards, heights of 1,600, 1,700, and 1,800 feet are marked 



* Dr. Fleming's Keport, p. 236. 



t These are the" Gredi" hills of Dr. Fleming (p. 252), and apparently the " Patial' 

 hills of Mr. Theobald (p. 653). 



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