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[Part II. 



Columnar trap. 



Much columnar trap is "found in this neighbourhood. It appears 

 to be partly in bedsj partly in dykes like that 

 already mentioned as o'ccurring in the Dhar 

 forest. Some good columns are seen between Mundlaisur and Muhesur, * 

 and there are some very fine and remarkable columns radiating from a centre 

 seen near Goojree, of which a drawing by Mr. Wynne is added. (Fig. 10). 



Intertrappeans. 



Fig. 10. Trap in curved columnar masses : Dyke at Koteda, near Uoojree. 



Around Goojree also intertrappean limestonej containing the usual 



fossils, is not of unfrequent occurrence. It may 



exist in other parts of the country ; blocks containing 



Melania quadrilineata and other fossils were picked up near Dhurmpooree. 



The scarp of the Malwa plateau north of Mundlaisur is straighter 



and more mural than anywhere else in this neigh- 

 Scarp of Malwa plateau. , , , ^ . . „ . 



bournood. In places it continues lor miies as a 



huge cliff scarcely broken by a ravine. Passes are few ; the Simrol Ghat 



* These were noticed by Captain Dangcrfield. 

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