126 W. BLANFOttDj WESTERN INDIA. [pART II. 



by a dyke or included in a lava floWj like the granite in the river bed 

 at Mundlaisur*. As frequently happens^ the rocks around are not suffi- 

 ciently well seen to prove which of these is the case^ but there is no 

 evidence of a dyke. 



The traps in the hills around Aseergurh are not horizontal, but dip 



very irregularly, and the same is the case for a 

 Traps near Aseergurh. 



long distance to the west. At a considerable 



distance south of the main range, there are low rises stretching across 



from Boorhanpoqr to near Ravere. The traps in them appear to dip 



north at about 5°. 



North of Arawud, at Onabdyo, a hot-spring breaks out at the foot 



Hot-spring near Ara- ^^ *^® ^^^^^> J"^* ^^ *^® P^i^t where the trap 

 ^^^* crops out from beneath the alluvium. Like in 



the hot-spring at Salbaldee in Berar, the water is tasteless and scentless. 

 The temperature cannot be easily determined, as the spring issues in 

 a large pool, bricked round. The temperature of the pool was 90° in 

 May ; that of the spring, however, was certainly higher. 



North of Chopra, in the Amnair valleyf and around Dowlait, the 



traps appear to be nearly horizontal, and the same 

 Dip of traps. 



is the case to the westward as far as the Bombay 



and Agra road. On that road at the top of the ascent leading to 



Sindwa, the beds are in distinct horizontal terraces. A few miles further 



to the north, they have a low dip of 2° or 3° to the northward. 



The alluvium runs far up between the hills about Sultanpoor in a 



deep bay. Low hills bound this bay to the south, 

 Near Sultanpoor. 



and amongst them, near Waria, north of Warool, 



are a few trap dykes striking east-15°-north to west-15°-south, as in the 



* See next Section. 



t The published maps of this part of the country are very inaccurate. That herewith 

 issued is a mere sketch, especially to the eastward, except wliere copied from Major 

 Baigrie's map. 



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