196 W. BLA-NFOBD, WESTEliN INDIA. [PaRT TI. 



These beds dip to the west; at the base the angle is very high, about 

 45°; this diminishes gradually above, and the direction changes to west-15°- 

 south. The uppermost beds are much disturbed, and in one place dip to 

 the south. 



Near Amuljhur the basement beds are precisely similar to the above. 

 Uj^on these bottom beds rest strata mainly con- 

 sisting of gravels and conglomerates, the pebbles 

 forming which are chiefly agates evidently derived from the trap. With 

 these, especially towards their base, bands, of laterite are associated, but 

 they are thin, and do not assume the importance they have further 

 south. Some beds of laterite dipping at a high angle are seen west of 

 Sursho hill near the village of Bheempoor. Beneath these and associated 

 with some trap gravels are whitish calcareous bands, containing large 

 trunks of fossil wood, the interior structure of which is not well 

 preserved. 



South of Bheempoor, between that village and Boori, near Amod, 

 Beds soutliof Bheem- laterite and agate conglomerates are seen inter- 

 ^°^^' stratified. This circumstance is worthy of notice, 



for to the south, near the Taptee, the laterite bands are confined to 

 the basement beds of the series, which are possibly older than these 

 agate conglomerates and gravels to the north. 



The highest beds seen in this tract of country are those of the 



Highest beds seen in iieiglil^o^rhood of Kuttunpoor. A fair section is 



stream near Euttunpoor. exposed in the stream which runs south of the 



village. The principal beds are agate gravels sometimes cemented 



together so as to form conglomerates, with bands of sandstone, 



argillaceous or calcareous. Fossil wood is found in the conglomerate, 



and in one place, a shell, apparently a Helix, was met with. The 



section seen in the stream comprises all the upper and middle beds, 



and in connexion with that already quoted of the lowest beds near 



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