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well seen, but close adjoining in the glen of the larger river, there is a 



magnificent exhibition of the disturbances to which the mechanical 



rocks have been subjected. 



In the valley of the Eoga-pani, and covering a considerable area ad- 



„ , , ioining, a series of very highly contorted and much 



Secondary sandstones, J o' ^ a j 



&<=■ altered beds of sandstones occur, which, both in 



their prevailing mineral composition, their colour and arrangement, appear 

 to be totally distinct from, and also of much older date than, the sand- 

 stones near to Cherra Poonjee. The beds are at all angles, vertical and 

 nearly flat, rolled over and bent in the most fantastic forms ; several 

 complete arches or folds are seen cut through by the river, forming a 

 series of parallel curvings, which are even more beautifully seen owing 

 to the different tints of the different beds (Fig. 7). These contortions 



Fig-.7. 



