8 GEOLOGY 



The above will show the kind of rocks of which the beds associated 

 with the coal are mainly composed. 



North-west of Bhooj, on the road to Jooria, white and brown sand- 

 stones prevail at first, then blue pyritous shales, and thin calcareous and 

 sandy bands with some gypsum. A good section of the latter is seen where 

 the path crosses the Khari stream ; they continue, however, for some dis- 

 tance, and some hills, coloured by Grant as marine, appear to be 'composed 

 of them. All have a low dip of 3° to 5° to south and south-east. No trace 

 of plant remains was detected, but marine fossils were not found before 

 reaching Dhosna, where some fragments contained Belemnites. 



Beyond this village, coarse white, purple and brown sandstones in 

 thick beds come in, still with the same dip and apparently underlying 

 the marine beds of Dhosna. These rocks resemble those associated with 

 the coal north of Bhooj. To them succeed, still apparently in descend- 

 ing order, ferruginous beds with marine fossils. The low southerly dip 

 is constant till within two miles of the Bunn, when the beds with marine 

 fossils turn sharply over, and dip to the north-east at from 10° to 30". 



Just south of Jooria, there is apparently the same anticlinal : beds 

 abounding in marine fossils dip at very high angles. 



Very little rock indeed is seen along the Runn from Jooria to 

 Charee. The low lying tract traversed is a portion of the Bunnee 

 (which has no such definite boundary as is represented on the map), and 

 appears to be alluvial. 



Charee is the locality whence a large proportion of Captain Grant's 

 fossils were obtained. The villagers showed me the spot from which 

 they were taken : the beds are of calcareous sandstone, dipping in a 

 semi-circle from a small trap hill, called Kira hill, the general direction 

 being to the east. Marine fossils are very numerous, several kinds of 

 Ammonites, Belemnites, and forms of Ostrea, Pecten, Nucula, FJioladO' 

 mya, Trigonia, EhT/nchonella, 8fc., being conspicuous. 



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