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of the old Mahomedau city of Mandoo are built, and the source of 

 which was unknown until a few years since (1856). He also describes 

 the metamorphic rocks and sandstones of the neighbourhood - of Bagh. 

 As an example of the excellent observations recorded in this interesting- 

 paper, which has been unfortunately omitted {a) from the ' Geological 

 papers on Western India/ the remarks on the difference in appearance 

 between the Vindhya and Satpoora hills may be mentioned, the former 

 being flat on the top, while the latter are " bold and romantic in their 

 outhnes, rising into lofty peaks, and swelling into shapes which would 

 induce the beholder from a distance to consider them as primitive,^^ 

 which is literally the fact [d). 



Jaequemont {c) in 1832 (published 1841) marched through Mhow, 



Mandoo, Mundlaisur, Asseergurh, and Boor- 

 Jacquemont, 1832. 



hanpoor, on his road from the Upper Provinces 



to Bombay. He observed the terraces on the hills near Mandoo, and 



also on the rises which are found upon the table land about Indore and 



Mhow, but insists that these are not the result of stratification {cl), of 



which he declares that no trace can be found in the beds. So far as 



small specimens are concerned (and it is of these he is treating in one 



instance, at p. 593), this is true, but nothing can be clearer than the 



superposition of distinct beds, differing frequently in mineral composition. 



Jaequemont noticed the limestone at Mandoo, but appears to have 



doubted if the grains it contains are organic. He makes a few remarks 



on the alluvial deposits of the Nerbudda valley, and treats at greater 



length the subject of the traps [e] of Malwa and Nimar in general, and 



their distinctions from the volcanic rocks of Europe. His observations 



(a). Dr. Carter in his ' Summary' mentions his inability to obtain access to a copy. 



(b). See postea. On my first seeing the range north of Khandeish from the Rajpeepla 

 hills I noted them as apparently metamorphic, 



(e). "Voyage dans I'Inde, Vol. Ill, pp. 449, 593, &c. 



(«f). The same remark has been made by Messrs. Schligiutweit; see these Memoirs, 

 Vol. VI, p. 161. (e). pp. 598, 599. 



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