93 W, BLANFOUD, WESTERN INDIA. ^PaRT II. 



with si^lar breccia at the base of the Vinclhyans iu the Tawa, within 



half a mile to the southwards, {a). 



From this point the dip to the westward decreases rapidly ; the 



typical purplish^ rippled, quartzite sandstones with 

 Section near Sakurghat. 



occasional shaley beds, continue, with a general low 



dip of 10° or 15° to the north-west, and west-north-west, for many miles. 



One or two slight rolls in the opposite direction take placg, but the dip 



is, on the whole, pretty steady, till about 3 miles beyond Sakurghat. 



Here the river runs in a deep gorge through some magnificent wild 

 scenery, the peculiar greenish water (b.) of the river contrasting with the 

 massive purple rocks through which it flows. The beds below Sakurghat 

 are much disturbed, and at least one great line of fracture is crossed, which 

 apparently strikes north-east — south-west. Towards Paimgurh the dip 

 becomes steadier, and the bed of the river expands again, the beds being 

 still quartzite-sandstones ; conglomerates prevail near Warangagurh. 



West of Paimgurh, the dip changes with a synclinal curve. The 



^ . , rn • highest beds seen here are shaley. The rocks 



Section west of Paim- ^ •' 



gi^i^"h- west of the sjmclinal are softer, but whether they 



nre higher in the series and brought down by a fault, or whether they 



replace the hard beds of Sakurghat is not quite 

 Dharee. 



clear. At Dharee fine shaley sandstones and green- 



nish-grey silty beds, having a glistening surface from the presence of 



small fragments of mica, are met with ; they are thinly stratified, with 



occasional layers of quartzite sandstone, and coarsely rippled — the ripples 



in one place were 6 inches apart. 



{a). These shaley heds were considered by Mr. J. G. Medlicott, ' Sub-kjnnores' ; I 

 am inclined to think them an integi-al portion of the Vindhyans. I was, however, disposed, 

 on the grounds of mineral resemblance, to class the breccia of this spot and of the Tawa, 

 with the Bijawurs. Mr. Mallet, in his subsequent examination, considered it Vindhyan 

 and he may very probahly be correct, for, as seen iu the above section, the shaley sandstones 

 occur below the breccia (south of it) as well as above it. 



(i). The color of the Nerbudda appears difterent from that of most Indian rivers, and 

 recalls that of glacier-fed streams. It is perhaps heightened by contrast with the red rocka. 



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