DAMUDA SEEIES t BARAKARS. 41 



unbroken succession from the lowest bed in tbe Bliagalatta to tbe syn- 

 clinal, all tend to demonstrate that we must regard the sandstones as 

 Barakars. 



"Westwards from Layeo, there is not any particular point of inter- 

 est to draw attention to, and by far the best idea of the geology of the 

 district can be obtained by looking carefully at the map. The fault 

 south of Gosee has been already explained ; the character of the Bara- 

 kars has been very well illustrated in the various sections, and it now 

 only remains to describe the local occurrence of coal. I am aware that one 

 or two small streams in which coal probably cropped out to the surface were 

 not examined by me, but this was because they would only have re-exposed 

 seams that I had already observed. It would have been a great waste of 

 time to examine the section of three and four parallel or nearly parallel 

 streams within 50 or 100 yards of each other. Such close work was 

 uncalled for, and therefore on one or two occasions I have used my own 

 discretion as to whether I would examine a certain stream.* 



North of Kheddala there is a tributary of the Chootooa, in which one 



good seam is exposed, the others being too small and 

 Kheddala Nuddee. 



too poor m quality to be of any use. The good 



seam measures 13 feet, and dips at an angle of 12°. The coal burns 



briskly and freely. Above it in the series is a seam two feet and ten 



inches thick. Where the river flows south of Eechakdeeh, there are two 



seams respectively two feet six inches and two feet three inches. 



South-west of Kurmutteea a large bed of carbonaceous shale occurs, 



dipping 6°; at the base there are three feet of 

 Coal near Kurmutteea. 



good coal. Between Kurmutteea and Eechakdeeh, 



a river not marked on the revenue maps exists. In it there are some 



seams of indifferent coal. 



* It must also be recollected that none of these streams were marked on the map. 



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