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The second case of a "let-down" outlier of the limestone, though 

 of much smaller extent, is perhaps of greater interest, as its origin is 

 perfectly obvious at the first glance. It consists of a mass of limestone 

 about an acre in extent, situated at the base of the limestone and shale 

 scarp half-way between the villages of Sadab and Ugutirth (Uguteert) . 

 The limestone mass is of rudely triangular shape, and considerably up- 

 turned at the edges except on the east side ; the centre being approxi- 

 mately horizontal. The sunken mass is round its edges so surrounded 

 by the tufa-cemented limestone talus that it is not possible to see on 

 what it rests, but it is probable that a thin remaining part of the shale 

 beds underlies it and separates it from the gneissic beds. The surface of 

 this mass is fully 40 feet below the position it must have occupied pre- 

 viously to the removal of the shaley sandstones which caused its sub- 

 sidence. 



Somewhat analogous to these cases is that of a landslip on one side 

 Landslip on Lalapur of Lalapur hill, three miles north-north-east of 

 ^ ' the Nalwar railway station, described by Mr. King 



in his notes : " On the north side of this hill, near the base, there is a 

 strange tumbled mass of limestone and shales ; none of the limestone 

 is now in situ on the hill, but it is the same as that seen in other 

 parts of the country around overlying the purple and red shales. The 

 tumbled mass of rocks is large, extending for about one-third up the 

 side of the hill ; junction not seen.'' 



This hill seems once to have been of greater extent and height, in 

 which case the summit would then have been made up of limestone beds, 

 with perhaps a spur running out on the north side. The debris of this 

 slide now remain at the base of the hill as a tumbled mass of purple 

 shales, grey flags, and fawn-colored massive limestones. A great part of 

 this mass is now an exceedingly coarse tufa-cemented breccia of broken 

 fragments of limestone flags, and beds similar in character to the breccias 

 above referred to, which will be found described in Chapter X. Mr. 

 King thinks that this slip, which took place on the north side of the hill 

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