Alluvium of Surat and Broach and neighbouring hills — Characters of 

 Nerbudda and Taptee valleys, (p. 183) ... ... ... 21 



Chaptbe 4. — List of formations, {•^. IS^) ... ... ,., 27 



Chaptee 5. — Metamorphic series. — Tracts occupied — Each tract a portion of a 

 more extensive region — Minute description unnecessary — Baitool tract — 

 Patch near Salbaldee — Hurda tract — Small exposures in Dhar forest — 

 Alleerajpoor and Chota Oodipoor tract — Extension to north-west — Direc- 

 tion of planes of foliation — Passage from granitic into gneissic rock — 

 Passage of Bijawur and Champaneer beds into metamorphic rock — Believed 

 to have foliation planes identical with original bedding — Circumstances tend- 

 ing to a different conclusion in Nerbudda valley— Constancy of strike and 

 dip — Parallelism to strike of great featui'es of the country — Difficulty in 

 supposing foliation planes due to bedding — Characters those of cleavage 

 planes — Parallelism of foliation m metamorphics to cleavage in Bijawm-s — 

 Poiats in favour of foliation planes being due to original bedding — Bands 

 of particular rocks parallel to foliation, (p, 190) ... ... ... 28 



Chaptee 6. — Bijawur series. — Intermediate in character — Peculiar rocks com- 

 prised — Laminated silicious limestone — Lamination not due to bedding — • 

 Jasper breccia — Prevalence of brecciation in Bijawurs — Other kinds of rock 

 met with — Identity of beds in Nerbudda valley with typical Bijawurs — 

 Localities where they occur in Western Nerbudda area — Association of 

 granitoid rocks near Jobut — Obscurity of bedding — No sequence traceable 

 — Origin of brecciation — Connection between Bijawnrs and metamorphics 

 — Metamorphics may be, in part, altered Bijawurs — Relations of Bijawurs 

 to Vindhyans, (p. 197) ... ... ... ... ... 35 



Chaptee 7. — Champaneer group. — Locality— Distinct from Bijawurs — Area 

 occupied— Name — Rocks composing the group — Quartzite — Slate — Con- 

 glomerate — Breccia — Conglomerate near Anandpoor— Sequence of beds — 

 Passage into metamorphics, (p. 202) ... ... ... ... 40 



Chaptee 8. — Vindhyan series. — Small portion of Vindhyan area included — 

 Prevalence of red quartzite sandstone — Conglomerate — Shaley beds — Re- 

 lations to Bijawui's — Thickness of series in Dhar forest, (p. 205) ... 43 



Chaptee 9. — Cretaceous series. — BagTi beds and Mahadeva group. — Absence 

 of Damudas, &c., in Western Nerbudda — Name of Bagh beds — Area 

 occupied — Mineral character at Bagh— Prevalence of limestone in top- 



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