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and more shale-like beds occur through them, chiefly in the upper part, and 

 some of these are slighty ferruginous. 



" In several of these bowries I searched in vain for anything more 

 than very indefinite stem-markings, but was at last rewarded by finding 

 some well-defined plant remains of Zamias, two or three species, identical 

 as far as I could then determine them, with some of those obtained from 

 the Kajmahal beds of Bengal. 



" Passing eastward from this, the sandstones do not appear, and 

 fragments of other rocks only (gneiss) are seen in the red soil which 

 covers the ground ; but close to Mootealpaud north-north-east of Moo- 

 toomorpolliam and just outside this sheet (77), I came upon them again 

 in wells. There they are chiefly of the coarser and more gritty kind, 

 rather soft, variously coloured, greenish-yellow, pink, and in well-marked 

 horizontal beds, nearly 20 feet of them being seen in one bowry and 

 no rock appearing underneath, only indistinct stem-markings found. 

 They have probably been cut through by the stream north of Moote- 

 alpud, as they do not appear in the banks which are of brown sandy loam. 



" South from this and south-west to Kun Korepolliam red lateritic 

 soil covers the whole surface of the ground, but on the south and south- 

 west of the village the sandstones re-appear in horizontal beds in bowries, 

 no other section being visible. About 7 or 8 feet are here seen, and 

 I found specimens of Palaozamiu and some stem-markings, but could 

 secure no specimens that would bear carriage, the rock being very soft 

 and friable. 



" From this southwards towards Timmasamoodrum laterite soil with 

 fragments of ferruginous sandstones conceals all rock, but close to Tim- 

 masamoodrum the plant^bearing sandstones again appear, similar in 

 character to those at Mootoomorpolliam, but of less thickness, about 8 feet 

 only being seen, with kunkur (2| feet) above, and red soil on top. There 

 I secured a few tolerable specimens of Palaozamia and ? Taniopteris, and 

 south of this the beds seem to die out, and I could not find them anywhere 

 else to the southwards, quartzo-hornblendic and highly quartzose gneiss 

 (quartz rock ?) coming in with some hornblendic schists. 



u The next locality I have noted is north-east of Guttugully, about 

 e ( 173 ) 



