188 W. BLANFORDj WESTERN INDIA. [PaRT II. 



sandstones, however, are interstratified, especially below. Ostrea abound 



in some bard calcareous bands in the shale^ but 

 Fossils. ... . ., , , . 



it IS almost impossible to extract them m a state 



sufficiently well preserved for recognition. When first found, which 



they were at this spot, no specimens were obtained good enough for 



identification. 



The south line of boundary runs east-15° to 20°-north up the valley 



between Doomkhul and Peeplode, the shales 



Southern boundary. itt, -> ■ , -i 



being seen crushed and turned up against it near 



Kukurbee and elsewhere. 



East of the Deva, near Soorpan, but a small area is occupied by 



the cretaceous beds, the top of the high range, 



Eocks east of the Deva. ,, . _ i • p , -kt -nrr 



called Bawagupnyo, being oi trap. JNear Warwee, 



shales with limestone and oyster beds occur, and in the calcareous shale, 



just below the trap, on the west spur of Bawagupnyo hill, shark^s teeth 



abound in a calcareous black rock, containing irregular silicious masses 



(? concretionary) . 



Looking from the hill east of Warwee, there is an appearance of 



^ .^ ^ , unconformity of the traps upon the cretaceous 



Unconformity of traps '' *■ ^ 



and cretaceous beds. hediB. The former have a steady southerly dip, 



the latter dip in places north-east and roll in various directions. 



The hills east of the Deva, towards Atti, are almost entirely com- 

 posed of sandstone, a little shale only appearing 

 in places near the summits. Atti itself cannot be 

 less than 1,000 feet above the Deva, and all is sandstone at the village, 

 although the base of the traps cannot be many feet above. This is 

 remarkable, for, as already shewn, at Doomkhul, and even at Torakhal, 

 not more than 4 or 5 miles to the v^est, 400 or 500 feet of shale occur. 

 But it should be remembered that that shale is largely mixed with sand- 

 stone, and it is by no means improbable that the differences may be 

 merely local. There is still a possibility of unconformity between the 

 shales and the sandstone. But, on the whole, the evidence is rather 

 in favour of both belonging to one continuous series. 

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