106 W. BLANFORD;, WESTERN INDIA. [PaRT II. 



With the exception of the small tract just briefly described, the 



whole of the country comprised in this section 

 Kemainder of Section. 



consists of trap. Near the river, accumulations of 



cotton- soU, sometimes of considerable thickness, are of frequent occur- 

 rence between Burwai and Burwanee. West of the latter town, all the 

 country is very hilly, and the river runs through a deep rocky gorge. 



Throughout by far the greater portion of this tract, the traps appear 

 Dip of traps in Nimar ^^ be horizontal. The exceptions are to the east in 



a pooia s. Nimar, where they have a low south dip, so small 



in the neighbourhood of Kundwa as to be scarcely perceptible, and in 

 the Satpoora hUls west of Aseergurh. Beneath that fortress itself the 

 beds are horizontal, but in the low hiUs immediately to the west, there 

 is a strong southern dip, in places amounting to as much as 10° or 15°. 

 This is an exception, but low dips of 2° or 3° prevail largely throughout 

 the range, both on the Khandeish and on the Nimar side. 



Beds of volcanic ash are of frequent occurrence, and occasional strata 



of red bole are met with. With these exceptions 

 Volcanic rocks met with. 



the whole of the broad undulating plain of Nimar 



consists of various forms of basalt, usually more or less amygdaloidal. On 



the railway from Boorhanpoor to the Nerbudda plain, there are no sections 



of any importance, and very few are seen on the sides of the low hills 



which occur here and there throughout the country, the surface of the trap 



being generally much decomposed and concealed. 



In the Burwanee hills, which contain the highest hills in the Satpoora 



range west of Aseergurh, the traps are horizontal. 

 Burwanee hills. 



In the vaUey of the Goi river near Pattee and Sil- 



lawud, between the Goi and the Nerbudda, and west of the mouth of the 



Goi, near the villages of Goongsi, Borkheira and Beejasun, peculiar brec- 



ciated veins occm* in the traps frequently forming 

 Brecciated veins. 



the crests of ridges, which, from their sharp craggy 



shape, contrast -with the usual flat-topped trap hills. This contrast in 



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