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In returning within the limits of the limestone basin, little or 



nothing is seen of the limestones north of the Arrakeri synclinal valley ; 



the country is masked hy cherty debris and cotton soil. South of the 



valley and to the north of Khatarki (Khadurgee) 

 At Khatarki. 



are grey limestones dipping north ; close to the 



village there is an anticlinal axis, on the south side of which the beds 

 are grey, grey and white, and white with pale green and pinkish band- 

 ings. These beds extend to the east and west. 

 At Kop and Algundi. „, ,^ ^, 



To the east they cross the Ghatprabha, south of 



Sirugumpi (Sirroogoopee); to the west they show very' lextensiTcly 

 between Kop and Chik and Hire Algundi (Heera Algoondee). The 

 variety of tints is here even greater than at Khatarki and Lingapur, 

 as bands of pale-green, pink, white and bluish-grey are also met 

 with. The rocks are well seen over large areas bare of any soil, 

 and offer sections of crumpled bedding of very great beauty and 

 interest. 



There can be little doubt that the great show of bedb; seen at 

 Antapur and to the east of the Wajarmatti double sigmoid curve of 

 the upper quartzite series is the continuation westward of the beds just 

 described at Algundi Kop and Khatarki. A purplish-grey variety occurs 

 at Antapur, besides the other shades mentioned. 



South of the Ghatprabha river and westward of Kaladgi is th©' 



greatest continuous area occupied by the lime- 

 West of Kaladgi, , • i , . i , i . , 



stone series, but great stretches are entirely ob- 

 scured by the thick beds of cotton soil here prevailing. Proceeding 

 along the south bank of the river, the first beds of limestone are met 

 with west of Shedudhal (Shehdoodhal), two and a half miles north- 

 west of Kaladgi, They are pale pink and green with whitish bands 

 very similar to many beds at Kop and Chik Algundi, to which set they 

 most probably belong. 



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