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which are both near the top of the scarp, may be traced along it for 



a considerable distance (Fig. 11), and form a marked feature. 



Beds of volcanic ash may be seen in several places on the Jam 



Ghat: one especially well marked occurs about 

 Ash beds. \ . 



two-thirds of the distance down the hill. 



Much ash (volcanic breccia) is also seen on the path leading to 



Mandoo from below the Ghat. It is generally weathered and exhibits 



its structure clearly. 



Section 9. — Neubudda valley north of the river ; from near 



Mandoo to the river Baghnee, being the country around Bagh. 



Just west of Mandoo cretaceous limestones and sandstones begin to 



appear from beneath the trap in the deeper valleys, not far from the foot 



of the hills. In the neighbourhood of the Ner- 

 Bocks. 



budda, a southerly dip of all the rocks, which 



becomes more marked further west, brings in the trap. 



The limestones and sandstones rest sometimes upon metamorphics, 

 sometimes upon Bijawur beds. Occasionally the traps rest immediately 

 upon the crystalline rocks without any sedimentary formation inter- 

 vening. This is especially the case to the north. 



A great change here takes places in the foliation strike of the gneiss 



^ ., „ p,. ,. , and in the direction of cleavage and lamination 



Strike of foliation and ^ ° 



cleavage. of the Bijawurs. To the east in the Dhar forest 



and elsewhere, the general strike was east-north-east j near Bagh and 



to the west, it is nearly south-east. 



The most eastwardly inliers of sandstone seen were near the village 



^. , „ , of Dussai. A solitary frao'ment of limestone, evi- 



Limestone fragment jo ^ 



at Ookulda. dently cretaceous, was picked up in the bed of the 



stream at Ookulda, but no more could be found, nor, despite some search, 

 was any outcrop discovered, and as the limestone has been used through- 

 out the country for building, this fragment might not have been derived 

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