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to Jobut^ the soil resting upon it being-, as usual, thin and barren, and 

 the ground uncultivated. The resemblance of this rock to that occur- 

 ring near Bulwarree has been already referred to. 



It is of course possible that this singular jaspideous rock, which is 

 evidently nearly horizontal, may be newer than the Bijawurs, and rest 

 upon them. But the appearances were not in favor of such a supposi- 

 tion. With the sole exception of this rock, the Bijawurs of this patch 

 have a more crystalline and altered appearance than those near Bagh, 

 and a peculiar form of granite rock is in places associated with 

 them. 



Just east of Kunas, at the north-west corner of this small patch, 



the jaspideous red beds crop out from under the trap. Their surface is 



irregular and the trap rests upon them unevenly, sandstone of the cre- 



„ ^ „ , , , taceous rocks only intervening where hollows exist 

 Surface of red beds 



irregular. in the surface of the breccias, so that there appears 



little doubt but that the sandstones were only deposited in places, and 

 it is probable that large portions of the Bijawur surface were not 

 overflowed by the cretaceous sea. 



Passing eastwards from Kunas, south of Unthee, the boundary of 

 the raised tract of jungle formed by the jaspideous breccia trends away 

 to the south-east. Metamorphic rocks come in, but between them and 



the jasper, and apparently lower than the latter, 



Bijawurs east of Kunas. ^^^ ^ n ii i -i 



are some ill-cleaved black and grey slates, the 



cleavage foliation of which dips to the south-west. Immense masses of 

 crystalline white quartz occur in them, especially at the boundary with 

 the metamorphics, some appearing also in the beds of the latter. This 

 prevalence of vein quartz, which was also observed in places on the 

 boundary of the Bagh patch of Bijawnrs, is strong evidence of faulting. 

 The lamination of the metamorphic rocks, as at Bagh, is parallel to the 

 cleavage foliation of the slates. 



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