PANCIIET SERIES. G5 



There is a covering' of yellow calcareous clay usually spread over 



the surface of the sandstones, and which is used by 

 Kunknr. . 



the Natives whenever they require lime. In many 



places this clay is eaten out into the most perfect imitation of miniature 



mountain ranges and table lands, with steep scarps, often 12 to 20 feet 



high. 



IV. — The Panchet Series. 



This series has been divided into an upper and a -lower group, on 

 lithological grounds ; the lower comprising green micaceous shales, red 

 clays, and massively bedded friable sandstones, usually fine grained ; 

 whilst the upper consists essentially of conglomerates and coarse 

 sandstones. 



Probably there is unconformity between these two divisions ; but the 

 contact of the two, which always occurs on hill sides, is so invariably 

 obscured by jungle and fallen masses of rock that hitherto it has been 

 impossible to ascertain, with any degree of certainty, whether a break 

 does or does not exist. It may be found necessary hereafter to draw 

 a difference of a stronger degree between these two groups, and elevate 

 each into a series ; retaining the lower as the Panchdts, and possibly 

 referring the upper to the Mahadevas of the Nerbudda Valley. 



Sectmi 1. — Lower Panchet GfRoup. — This group, forming the base 

 of Loogoo hill, is made up of green micaceous shales at the bottom, 

 succeeded by massive green silty sandstones, and these by red clays 

 alternating with beds similar in character to those at the base. The 

 fineness of texture throughout is remarkable, and quite at variance with 

 that which prevails in the upper group. 



In every section the rocks of this series are distinguishable with 

 but little difficulty from the Rauiganjs, even when a green colour 

 pervades the strata of either group. They are always highly micaceous 

 and friable, and possess a quasi-schistose structure when represented by 

 shales ; and when represented by sandstones, thoy arc soft, massively 



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