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far, then, from Captain Grant being correct in considering the Jurassic 

 marine beds the newest, they most distinctly dip everywhere beneath 

 the Zamia beds. But there are many indications that the Zamia beds in 

 places dip under marine fossiliferous deposits. It has been shown that 

 the sandstones of Baki-ia, which seem clearly to underlie the marine 

 beds of Dhosna, precisely resemble the beds associated with coal at 

 Toombo in mineral character ; and the rocks of the plain of Bhooj ap- 

 pear to underlie the marine strata of the Charwar hills. There is, 

 however, one possible circumstance to be borne in mind, that is, that 

 there may be a great fault with an up-throw to the south along the 

 north scarp of the Charwar hills, and that the marine rocks of the range 

 may be simply those of Jooria and Charee brought up again by that 

 fault, and in favour of this view there is the evidence of disturbance 

 to which I have already adverted. I think, however, if this were the 

 case, that the range would be better defined, and that better evidence of 

 the fault, which would be some thousands of feet in throw, would be seen 

 in the excellent sections of the rocks exposed at the base of the hills 

 south of Bhooj. All that I saw in the way of disturbance did not 

 appear to indicate any such extensive dislocation. 



The whole evidence, I think, is in favour of the intercalation 

 of the marine beds with the Zamia-bearing sandstones and clays, and 

 of such intercalation being more frequent towards the base of the series 

 than higher up. The position of the band of fossiliferous rock of the 

 Charwar range, thinning out both to the east and west, as represented 

 in Captain Grant^s map, is in favour of this view. The general 

 strike also favours the idea of the marine beds north-west of Bhooj 

 replacing and representing the sandstones associated with the coal 

 to the north-east. It is true that both of these may be explained by fault- 

 ing. But there is one circumstance which should be mentioned, as 

 it added strongly to the evidence upon which I founded my oj)inion 

 of the intercalation of the two groups. Captain Shortt, the Political 



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