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Higher in the group comes a bed, facing the second river west of 

 Hejda. It is poor in quality. 



The next seam is one measuring T, which crops out in the left 

 bank of the Damuda, at the bend south-east of Bhagia. 



Then come four seams a short distance west of the confluence of 

 the CliaUvbrex. They all dip to the east at an angle of 13°. The best 

 of them measures 8'^ and until it was worked out, the others would 

 not attract attention. The remainder of the section of the Damuda 

 ' contains no outcrops of beds which are of any value. 



CMndru or Tendwd river. — A small seam occurs about quarter of 

 a mile above the union of the Chundrd and Billari rivers. This is not 

 of much value. 



Beti river. — There is one seam in this river dipping at 5° to the north- 

 west. Only the upper portion is valuable. The dip of the rocks south 

 of this is very small, and in the Damuda, the whole of the strata are 

 inclined at a very low angle. 



Hejda and KMthi rivers. — Coal occurs in the fields between Hejda 

 and Khutki, and it is exposed in the river between the two villages 

 for more than half a mile. At its outcrop it does not look very promis- 

 ing ', but, in the absence of coal of any better quality in the vicinity, I 

 would recommend its being used for local purposes. Its thickness is 

 5' 6", and its dip very low. This seam has the advantage of being 

 accessible, and of being easily worked. 



Turhad river. — In this river there is a seam a little above its junc- 

 tion with the Damuda ; and there is another further up the river about 

 a mile from the village. This latter seam dips at 5° to west north-west. 

 I could not estimate its total thickness, but, of what I saw, the upper 

 and lower portions were the best. 



Hohdru river. — The only seams that are exposed throughout the 

 entire length of this river are those at the mouth of the first and second 



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