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of water carriage or good roads, the lime is not transported to any 

 distance. 



The Bundair limestone supplies the Jubbulpur railway for a large 

 portion of its length, the latter crossing the outcrop near Sohawel, and 

 running along it for thirty miles from Myhere westwards up the valley 

 of the Tonse. In the Dumoh district, besides fdrnishing lime, it is much 

 used as a building-stone along the outcrop, being preferred to the lower 

 Bundair sandstone immediately to the south, which is a harsh inferior 

 material, while the limestone is easily trimmed into stones of regular 

 shape. At Hoshungabad the limestone is not worked at all, kunkur 

 from the Nerbudda alluvium being used instead. The rock is as pure 

 here as elsewhere, but it would seem that the European portion of the 

 community at least are not aware of its existence. 



In 1843, Captain Shortrede sent to the Asiatic Society one or two 

 specimens of the Bundair limestone from near Rewah, which were sub- 

 mitted to a practical lithographer for trial, and by him reported on very 

 favorably. He found that the impressions from the larger piece came 

 off well, and considered that that quahty of stone would answer remark- 

 ably weU, as it approached nearer the German lithograpliic stone than any 

 Indian variety he had previously met with.* We are not aware of any 

 subsequent experiments on this rock, but it would seem that the above 

 report, made from a single specimen of small size, and therefore 

 not very conclusive, is of an unduly favorable nature, as the stone has 

 never come into use for lithographic purposes. 



Besides the above strictly Vindhyan rocks, about many of the falls 

 over the Rewah and Kymore escarpments large masses of stalagmite 

 occur, deposited by the dripping water. Considerable quantities of very 

 fine lime are burned from it in various places, which is sold at the kilns to 

 the Mahajuns at about 20 maunds per rupee. By them it is trans- 

 ported on pack-bullocks to Mirzapur and other towns. Amongst other 

 * Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, Vol. XII, p. 1120. 



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