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Sandstones come in again^ however^ after a break of about 3 miles, at 



the hill on which stands the fort of Allee. The 

 AUee. 



western sides of this hill are very precipitous. A 



thickness of about 150 to 200 feet of sandstone is seen; upon this rests 



conglomerate, capped by limestone with flinty or cherty masses. A few 



corals and corallines occur. Some specimens of Hemiaster and a fragment 



of an Ammonite were also found. 



West of Allee the belt of sandstone runs nearly east and west, and 



Cretaceous rocks west ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ g^^^^^'^^^ expanding to a breadth 

 of Allee. of about 3 miles in only one spot near Mainee. 



South of this at least 3 bands of limestone occur in the cretaceous 

 beds. They contain oysters and other fossils. The remainder of this 



MetamorphicsnearEaj- ^^'^^* P^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ importance. The 

 P°°^- metamorphics about Hajpoor are mostly granitoid • 



metamorphic limestone occasionally occurring. Near Phoolmal, however, 

 they are highly schistose. 



The range of the Mutwar hills which rise from the north bank 



of the Nerbudda west of the Huthnee, and lie 

 Mutwar hills. • 



south of Allee and Phoolmal, probably contain a 



few inliers of cretaceous rocks corresponding to those of Dhi and 

 Dhurmrai to the east, and others near Kawat, &c., to the west. As 

 however, it had been ascertained that the mass of the hills consists 

 of trap, and but a small portion of the season remained for the 

 examination of a large area to the north-west, this tract was not sur- 

 veyed in detail. 



The rocks along the northern portion of this section of country 



Eocks along northern ^^® equally interesting with those along the south. 



part of section. Eesides trap, cretaceous beds and metamorphics, 



they comprise a small tract of Bijawurs of somewhat peculiar character 



situated between the towns of Jobut and Kunas. 



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