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; GEOLOGY or THE SALT RANGE IN THE PUNJAB. 



range radiates so much, absorbed heat, that an en- 

 campment at some distance in the plains, though 

 hot, is found to be cooler than one at its foot. 



g Picturesque spots occur occasionally, their at- 



s tractiveness enhanced by their rarity ; and there 



Z is much that is imposing, though wild, in other 



■a scenes. Instances of one or the other may be found 



I in the summit of Mount Tilla, with its ruins and 



-i g- ancient buildings ; the rock-pools and gardens of 



I 9 Choya-Saidan-Shah; the antiquities of Katas and- 



u II Rotas ; the lofty village of Dandot ; the neigh- 



l S bourhood of Kalar Kahar, when the vines are in 



I -i leaf and the lake is full ; the grand glens of Nila- 



^ I wan, Sardl, and Nursingphoar ; the vicinity of 



I f. Sodhi near the head of the latter ravine ; the deep 



.si glen of Amb; and the gorge of the Indus at 



I ^ Kalabagh, with salt-rock, water, boats, and quaintly 



I I piled buildings, making up a brightly-coloured 

 ^ o picture, in which the crimson rol from burnt aluni' 



-■ shale, and duller red salt-marl, contrast with the 



1 a cool greenish-greys of the lofty Dangot cliifs in 

 I g the back ground. 



PART II. 



OROGRAPHY AND PHYSICAL GEOLOGY. 



As the theoretical explanations of the formation 

 of the Salt Range are included in those relating to 

 the origin of the adjacent mountain regions, I shall 

 endeavour to confine the following observations tO' 

 features, of which some description may be found 

 useful in considering the local relations with re- 

 gard to the larger area beyond the subject of this 



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