190 W, BLANFORD;, WESTERN INDIA. [PaRT II. 



portion^ these hills consist of an anticlinal of the traps, the principal dip, 

 however, being to the south, and the northerly dip only occurring for a 

 short distance near the Nerbudda. The dip in places amounts to 15°, 

 but does not in general exceed 5.° 



From some of the peaks, as Peeplode hill, a fine panoramic view of 

 View from Peeplode *^^^ ^^^^' ^% region may be obtained. East and 

 west are ranges of trap hiUs, not with flat tops as 

 usual, but with sloping surfaces. To the north, the Nerbudda runs in a 

 gorge between the hills. North of the river there is a lower range of 

 trap, beyond which the comparatively flat country of the Hiran and 

 Or sing valley is visible. To the south the hill tops are more level, and 

 a range stretches away towards Sakhbara, the beds forming which have 

 a very low north dip ; while to the south-east, the craggy peaks of the 

 Satpooras overlooking the Taptee valley are conspicuous. 



The hills south of Peeplode extending thence to Sakhbara were but 



little examined, and present no characters which 



Hills near Sakhbara. • i , •■, i i • ,• -r i , c 



require detailed description, in one place, east oi 



Gungapoor, a peculiar semi-crystalline bed, containing small rounded 



patches of a white amorphous mineral, was met with. It resembled a 



rock, to be presently described, which occurs at Ooskur, east of Turkesur. 



South-west of Sakhbara, the country is a great plain, covered with 

 cotton soil. It is all forest, but might apparently be cultivated, if popu- 

 lation existed. 



The country south of the Peeplode and Rajpeepla range and west 



^, , „ , , of the Sakhbara hills is a- wide undulating tract. 



Characters of central ^ ' 



portion of Eajpeepla. without high hills, but still far from level. It is 



here that the numerous trap dykes, so frequently referred to, are most 

 conspicuous ; they form small parallel ridges, frequently only 200 or 

 300 yards distant from each other. They are peculiarly abundant about 

 Khamb, and throughout the country east of the Kurjun river. Their 

 strike varies from east-5°-north — west-5°-south to east-20°-north — west- 

 20°-south. 

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