118 FOOTE : SOUTH MAHRATTA COUNTRY. 



It has already been pointed out that the greatly predominant varie- 

 Grey color most pre- ^J ^ color among the limestones is grey of various 

 ^^ ^° * shades j even where other colors are met with, they 



are developed to a far smaller extent than the greys, especially the paler 

 shades of grey. The other colors met with are, shades of red (mostly 

 pinkish), pale green, purple (mostly pale), whitish (including pale drab 

 and cream-colored), and bluish. Besides the shows of limestone around 

 and to the south of Kaladgi already described, there are several other 

 places where large surfaces of the rock are exposed under circumstances 

 favorable for studying their lithological characters. The most important 

 of these exposures may be enumerated as follows to the east of Kaladgi 

 and south of the Ghatprabha river. 



At Bagalkot to the south-west of the town is a great exposure of 

 At Bagalkot. beds dipping southward 30° to 40°, amongst which 



are grey, brownish-grey, greenish-grey, pale-grey, green, brownish-pink, 

 pinkish, white streaked with shaley bands in part, also one bed showing a 

 markedly brecciated structure. Some of the beds show considerable con- 

 cretionary masses and veins of calcspar of white or greyish-white colors. 

 In some cases these are quarried for the sake of the spar, which is used 

 for various ornamental purposes ; this has been done particularly in the 

 beds close to Gaddankeri (Guddungerree), five miles west of Bagalkot. 



In several beds a markedly brecciated condition of the limestone 



was observed locally, but no signs of disturbance 

 Brecciation of beds. 



could be detected in underlying or overlying beds 



to account for this change in the texture. 



At Nirligi (?) (Neerleghee) , five miles to the southward, is a great 



show of grey beds, forming a low anticlinal with 



At Nirligi. 



east- west axis to the south of the village. South of 



Kattigiri (Kutteegeree) the limestone basin forms a deep bay crossing 



the valley of the Kerur (Kehroor) — Guledgudd nullah; the greater part 



of the bay is occupied by calcareous shales, or argillaceous shales inter- 



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