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most beds — Rocks west of Bagh — East of Bagli — Coralline limestone — 



Fossiliferous limestone of Cheraklian — Section at Cheraklian — Rocks 

 further east — Increase in thickness towards the south — Relations of sand- 

 stones slightly doubtful — Fossils — Relations to underlying beds — To the 

 traps— Greater unconformity to the traps to the westward — Denudation in 

 pre-trappean times subaerial — Absence of great geological break between 

 Bagh beds and traps — Relations of Bagh beds to Mahadevas — Area occupied 

 by Mahadevas on map— Beds near Ellichpoor— Near Baitool — Some of 

 Ellichpoor beds probably older — Relations of Lametas and Bagh beds — 

 Bagh beds near Burwai — Near Poonassa — Summary of relations of Bagh 

 beds to Mahadevas and Lametas — Origin of chert in uppermost Bagh 

 beds, (p. 207) ... ... ... ... ... 45 



Chaptee 10. — Deccan andi Malwa tra'ps. — Principal characters and relations 

 previously described — Area covered — Dips — Disturbance in Rajpeepla hills 

 — Centre of volcanic action — Trachytic intrusive masses —Vegetation of 

 trap country, (p. 219) .,, ... ,,. ... ... 57 - 



Chapter 11. — Older tertiary teds, including tJie nummulitics. — Area and 

 locality — Mineral character — ^Agates and other material derived from the 

 traps — Denudation of traps prior to deposition of tertiary beds near 

 Ooskur — Near Sursho hill — Sub-division of tertiary beds in Surat and 

 Broach — Question as to representation of Perim beds — A difference in 

 age between upper and lower beds probable — Probability of higher group 

 overlapping the lower — Imperfection of sections — Thickness of beds, (p. 223) 61 



Chapter 12. — Ossiferous gravels and other old alluvial deposits, — Alluvial 

 plains of Taptee and Nerbudda — Mineral character of alluvium — Thick- 

 ness—Fossils — Salt in alluvium of Berar — Present streams do not deposit 

 — Alluvium fluviatile — Rolled pebbles and isolated bones — Absence of stra- 

 tification in clay— Fossil Mollusca — Alluvium probably deposited when fall 

 of rivers was less — Note on the Godavery gravels — ^Alluvium of Guzerat 

 similar to that of valley plains — Origin obscure — Appearance of disturb- 

 ance — Alluvial deposits of India still imperfectly known, (p. 227) ... 65 



Chaptee 13. — Newer forms of alluvium and soils. — Small flats along present 

 course of rivers — Blown sand — Cotton soil or regur — Its passage into 

 alluvial clay and trap — Derived from waste of metamorphic rocks in 



