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at the elbow of the boundary north of Gappoi. They change their 

 direction of dip to north-north-east, and then to north-east, a little higher 

 up the river. 



"Where the patch of Talchirs occurs, a small bed of coaly shale is 

 exposed, lower in the series than either of the other three. 



None of the seams, excepting the 8-feet one, appear to be worth 

 working. 



(C.) Lopsadih ghat. — Two outcrops, the continuation of those 

 just referred to, are visible. The 8-feet seam is well exposed in the 

 bed of the stream, and the one above it in the left bank. They dip 

 at an angle of about 15°. 



An old shaft exists west of the river, but it can be of little use, 

 as it is placed too near the boundary. 



(D.) Sati ghat. — At this ghat the same seams again occur. 

 The lowest is the thin bed seen at Oopurdaha near the Talchirs. In this 

 place it is partially affected by trap. 



Above it is the 8-feet bed, which here measures 8' 9", 

 and dips nearly due east, at a high angle. The coal is inferior, and 

 is thickly studded with incrustations of iron pyrites. It will probably 

 be freer, when cut into, some distance. 



The next seam in ascending order also yields coal of an inferior 

 quality. It is apparently not more than 4 to 5 feet thick including the 

 partings of shale. A fourth bed is very indistinctly seen in the left 

 bank of the Khakho, but is more clearly exposed in a small tributary 

 flowing from the east. 



MuJc])itto nullah. — The extensions of two of the above seams are 

 seen in the Mukpitto river ; and the present Manager^ of the Bengal 

 Coal Company is engaged in testing their thicknesses by means of a 



* Mr. Heyne. 



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