90 MALLET^ VINDHYAN SERIES. 



Ill the Bansri nuddee^ near Babarieha^ resting- on the massive beds 

 of the Rewah sandstone^ and with a gentle north-westerly dip, we find — 



Ft. In. 

 Green calcareous shales ... ... ... ... 3 



Fine ripple-marked sandstone ... ... ,,. 10 



Calcareous shales with strings of calcite ... ... 16 



„ sandstone ... .,, ... ... 8 



Fine thin beds of sandstone with shaly partings ... 6 

 and then a few feet of cream-colored earthy limestone in beds mostly 

 from 3 to 3 feet thick. 



From this point north to Jhilalgiirh, at the foot of the next range of 

 hills, a distance of about four miles, the rocks are obscured by alluvium. 

 The Jhilalgurh range presents a bold escarpment on the south, east and 

 north, and slopes gradually down on the north-west to the level of 

 the plain. The section on the south side is nearly the same as on the 

 north five miles distant, which shows how very nearly horizontal the 

 strata are hereabout, a point of some importance as wiU be seen 



presently. At Jhilalgurh we have, in ascending the scarp — 



Ft. 

 Limestone ... ... .„ ... ... 240 



Green calcareous shales ... ... ... ... 40 



Limestone ... ... ... ... .,. 50 



Shales and sandstone ... ... ... ... 130 



460 



The junction between the shale and sandstone (a white and loose 



grained rock with pebbles of quartz) is covered by debris. The section 



in the outlier at Kaodoli, six miles north of Jhilalgurh, comprises 



Ft. 

 Green calcareous shales... ... ... ... 30 



Limestone ... ... ... ... ... 50 



Sandstone ... ... ... ... ... 20 



Red and purple shales ... ... ... ... 10 



Sandstone ... ... ... ... ... 40 



150 



( 90 ) 



