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About half a mile south of Whaliat masses of red hsematite^ almost 

 pure, abound scattered about the surface. They are probably derived 

 from the laterite beds. 



Above the laterite, at Wattaria, pieces of the limestone with valves 



of Balani, like that seen near Singpoor on the 

 Balanus limestone. 



Oomrawuttee stream, occur on the surface. Fur- 

 ther to the south, at Boreedra, yellow argillaceou.s limestone is seen, and 

 again to the north-west towards Khunode, sandy clays, gravels and 

 conglomerates are met with. These are probably all the same beds 

 which are seen in the Oomrawuttee. 



These upper beds stretch hence across past Panolee, and as far as 



„ , . „ , , Elao, which is the most westwardly point where 

 JiiXtension of rocks to ' j r 



westward. rocks occur between the Nerbudda and Taptee, 



Rock is seen here and there in the Keem, which passes just south of 

 the belt of high land occupied by these beds. South of the Keem all is 

 alluvium. 



The sections exposed in the Keem are all between Keemamlee and Elao, 



and always consist of the upper beds, agate conglo- 



Section in Keem river. , , , , in 



merates, more or less calcareous, and gravels, yellow 



sandy limestone, frequently nodular, and occasionally ferruginous sand. 



The section at Keemamlee is just north of the village : in a bend of 



the river, yellow gritty conglomeritic sandstone is 



Keemamlee. j- • rt i. j. i n" T4- • 



seen, dippmg south-east at iU . It is some- 

 what fossiliferous, containing Oysters, Pectens, Balani, some peculiar 

 hemispherical bodies (Bryozoa ?) and spines of EcJmius ; all, however, 

 being fragmentary. 



The next section seen is near Obha, where conglomerate and nodular 



calcareous beds, yellow in colour, interstratified 



with clays, dip west-south-west at about 3°. 



About half a mile east of the village crystals of gypsum abound in 



decomposed argillaceous beds. 



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