98 POOTE : SOUTH MAHRATTA COUNTRY, 



fissured in several lines^ radiating- from the apex_, and along these fissures 

 deep valleys were subsequently eroded right through the mass of the 

 quartzites and deep into the underlying granite gneiss. Beyond 

 Katharigarh eastward the quartzites sink down rapidly into the valley 

 of the Benakatti nullah, a tributary of the Malprabha from the 

 north-west. 



From the summit of Katharigai"h a very extensive and instructive 

 panoramic view is obtained, which greatly aids the observer in under- 

 standing the geological structure of the country round about. 



A stream which rises in the southern radial valley runs south- 

 ward through a depression in the quartzite boundary ridge and 

 forms a very picturesque waterfall in a semi- 



Sogul chines and falls. 



circle cut into the hard quartzite conglomerate. 



The fall is 50 or 60 feet high over a vertical precipice, in which the character 



of the conglomerate is admirably displayed. Above the principal fall are 



two minor ones forming a very pretty spot with the aid of an old 



Jain (?) pagoda and a small shola-like patch of forest. The village of 



Sogul hes at foot of the scarp below the fall. The matrix of the rock 



is very pale, reddish-brown or purplish in color, and contains among other 



pebbles numerous ones of bright red jasper derived from some of the 



hsematitic beds of the Malprabha valley. 



The southern boundary of the Katharigarh erosion valley is formed 

 by a considerable fault which runs west 29° north, and has caused an 

 upthrow of the beds on its southern side. The fault extends along the 

 southern side of the deep and picturesque ravine north-west of Karlhutti. 



Nine miles east-south-east of Sogul lies the gorge by which the 



Naul Tirth, the gorge Malprabha enters the Kaladgi basin, a place of 



of the Malprabha. ^^,^^^ beauty and of great sanctity in the eyes of 



the Hindoos, by whom it is called theNaul Tirth, or peacocFs bath, from 



a legendary event by which the gorge is said to have been miraculously 



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