20 W. BLANFORD,, WESTERN INDIA. [PaRT I. 



Dr. Buist published in the transactions of the Geographical Society 



of Bombay {a) " Notes on a journey through parts 

 Buist, 1855. _, 



of Kathiawar and Guzerat." These treat of various 



matters of interest, some of them being geological, and including some 



remarks on Perim Island, and on the alluvial deposits of the plains of 



Surat and Broach, which Dr. Buist looks upon as of marine origin. He 



is inclined to dispute the assertion that the Gulf of Cambay is silting 



up, and considers that the land has risen, and that there is evidence of 



two distinct rises near Surat. 



Dr. Carter, in 1857, published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society 



of Bombay (b) some additional details as to the 

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Do. 1861. locality and species of the nummulites obtamed by 



Major Fulljames at Wasna, not far from Broach. 

 In ] 861 he gave further particulars (c) showing that a similar discovery had 

 been made by Dr. Malcolmson, and announcing other fossil localities of 

 which an account was given by Mr. Rogers, (d) This gentleman met with 

 nummulitic limestone in situ at Turkesur about 20 miles north-east of Surat, 

 and at Bhadee, 12 miles further north, and thus showed that the rocks 

 of the eocene period must be considerably developed in Eastern Guzerat. 

 Before closing this portion of the subject it may be useful to call 

 Geological questions attention to a few geological questions which re- 

 "^^^^^ niained for determination at the commencement 

 survey. ^£ ^^^ present survey and the importance of which 



had been recognized. 



I. — Although the existence of nummulitic beds had been demon- 

 strated near Surat and Broach, no attempt had been made, so far as 

 appears from the published data, to ascertain their relations to the traps. 

 To this question Dr. Carter especially directed attention, (e) as also to the 

 connection between them and the agate-conglomerates of Ruttunpoor. 



(«). Vol. XIII, p. 11. (&). Vol. V, p. 634. (c). 1. c. Vol. VI, p. 163. 



(d). Ibid. Vol. VI, p. 164. (e). Jour. Bom. Br. K. A. S,, Vol. VI, p. 166. 



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