'204 W. BLANFORDj WESTERN INDIA. [PaRT II. 



Much rock occurs about Elao^ but no good section is seen in the 

 j,j^Q_ Keem, here a tidal river. 



South of all this western or lower portion of the Keem all is 



alluvium. 



Nearly all the upper part of the Keem valley is also occupied by 

 alluvium. In this a kind of Unio is sometimes 

 found. No bones were observed. In two or three 

 places laterite belonging to the nummulitics crops out from beneath the 

 alluvial claySj but in general the traps are the first rocks to appear to the 

 eastward. The principal exception is in the South branch of the Keem 

 river near Timburwar. Here laterite appears, forming a small anticHnal ; 

 and ferruginous sandstone, containing dicotyledonous leaves, and some 

 seeds together with bluish clay, rests upon it. 



Below all this alluvium it is probable that the nummulitics roll over 

 to the south, for the beds which come in about 

 Sooralee dip nearly west, and are considerably 

 south of the strike of those near Whaliat, which they so closely resemble 

 in character as to render it most probable that they are a continuation of 

 the same beds. The southerly dips seen to the west in the Keem near 

 Elao are in favour of this. 



Much nummulitic limestone and laterite are exposed east 

 Country east and south- and south-east of the town of Tm-kesur. To 



east of Turkesur. ^^^ ^^^^ ^£ ^j^^ town, rock OCCUTS close to the 



surface throughout a considerable tract, but is rarely exposed. The dips 



are low. 



These rocks are first met with when proceeding southwards in 

 a stream which joias the Keem from the south, and runs past the villages 

 of Wustan, Sooralee and Nowgama. At Wustan trap occurs. Thence no 

 rock is seen till near Sooralee, where yellow calcareous sandstone is met 

 with, apparently nearly horizontal. At Nowgama a good section of a 

 laterite bed of considerable thickness is exposed in the stream. 

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