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the plateau east of Murgod ; at these localities numerous large pebbles 

 of quartzite weathered out of a sandstone conglomerate have been re- 

 cemented in very nearly their original position. The new rock looks very 

 like a pavement of artificial construction. A very similar but even more 

 striking effect is produced by the cementing of rounded quartzite talus 

 in the valley south-south-west of Tumurgudi (Toomoorgoodee) and 

 about eleven miles north-east of Belgaum. This pavement extends for 

 several hundreds of yards along the path and for a considerable dis- 

 tance right and left in the jungle. 



A case of cementation of angular fragments of gritty quartzite 



into a breccia by the introduction of a red arena- 

 Breccia. 



ceous cement was observed in the saddle between 

 the north-east side of One-Tree Hill at Belgaum and the south-east 

 corner of the quartzite plateau to the north-east. This breccia might 

 from its position be easily mistaken for part of the Lower Kaladgi 

 quartziteSj the coarse pebbly basement beds of which are exposed close 

 by and seem to rest on highly upturned micaceous schistose beds in a 

 section a little to the north-east of Kunburgi. 



Instances of the formation of small patches of subaerial con- 

 glomerates and breccias by lateritoid decomposition of ferruginous rocks 

 in situ of all ages are extremely common and may be found almost 

 everywhere. They are so common, in fact, that there is no need to name 

 any examples. 



Several very interesting and important examples of tufa-cemented 



breccias and conglomerates were met with at the foot 

 Conglomerates and 

 breccias with calcareous of the low bills north of the Krishna in the Sora- 

 cement. 



pur Taluq, where these hills are capped with the 



limestones which form the upper member of the 

 In the Bhima basin. 



Bhima series in that region. The most import- 

 ant examples occur in the large and nearly circular valley lying 



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