MEMOIRS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Tue Dattroneans COAL-FIELD, dy Turo. W. H. HUGHES, F. G. S., 
Associate, Royal School of Mines. 
Palámaun or Palaatin is a sub-district of the zilla of Lohárdagega, 
and forms its north-west division embracing an area of about 3,500 
square miles. 
The larger portion of its surface consists of rocks belonging to 
the erystalline series, and the smaller portion of separate areas of sedi- 
mentary strata. 
Of the most important of these areas— the Daltonganj field—I 
am about to treat 1n the present report. 
Before, however, entering into the special details of the distribution 
of the different gróups of sedimentary rocks that occur within the 
limits which define this field, I would offer a few remarks about the 
district of Palámaun generally, regarding its physical aspect, its drainage, 
its natural products, and its ethnography. 
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. 
The physical appearance of Palámaun is essentially that of a hilly 
district, and it presents a striking contrast to the wide and almost 
uninterruptedly level countries of Behar and Chotá-Nágpür, which 
border it on the north-east and south-east, respectively. 
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. VIII, Art. 3. 
