180 W. BLANFORD, WESTERN INDIA. [PaUT II. 



breaking with a conclioidal fracture, and homogeneous, except where cut 



by quartz veins, which they are to a large extent. 



Further to the north, the country has not been examined in any 



Country to north to- detail, but a hasty traverse shewed that Cham- 

 wards Godra. ,, ■, , ,. ,, ,jp 



paneer beds and metamorphics alternated for some 



distance. Near Godra all the surface consists of the latter series. 



Between Soorajpoor and Powagurh hill but few rocks are seen. 

 Section in upper part except in the upper part of the Deo stream, where 

 a good section of the Champaneer beds is exposed. 

 All are very slaty. Near Dabun schistose slates and calcareous slates 

 occur, dipping at 40° to north-25°-west, and with cleavage striking west- 

 25° to 35°-north. The calcareous beds are absolutely unaltered, except by 

 cleavage, the direction of which near Bhameria changes to west-15°- 

 north. 



Just north of Bhameria a little conglomerate occurs. It is evidently 

 Outlier of cretaceous ^ small outher of the cretaceous beds. To the 



near am ria. gguth of this is quartzite-sandstone, (belonging to 

 the Champaneer group), dipping north by east at high angles, rippled on 

 the surfaces of the slabs, and in places exhibiting oblique lamination. 

 The beds are white and somewhat felspathic ; the felspar decomposed. 



Near Soodra granite or granitic gneiss comes in, with lamination 



parallel to the cleavage of the Champaneer beds. 

 Granite near Soodra. ^ , ,, t i mi p 



Further south, near Javunpoor, hills ot compact 



quartzite occur. 



All around Sonepoor is highly granitic, and the whole country to 

 the east of that village is similar, completely cutting 

 off the Champaneer beds. But to the south, 



granular quartzite, apparently belonging to that group, appears around 



Dhurrola. South of this again granite reappears, 

 Quartzite of Dhurrola, . o o rr i 



&c. but the Dhurrola ridge joins on the west the 



range of hills near Sidhul and Gogutpoor, which is of very compact 

 quartzite, somewhat metamorphosed in parts, though at Sidhul slate 

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