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of Ranikot, Ranikot beds appear in the axis of this anticlinal, and 



occupy an area of small breadth, but about 5 miles long- from north 



to south. Between this inlier and Ranikot there is a synclinal occupied 



by Khirthar limestone. The relations of the rocks are shown in the 



sketch section (Plate V, fig. 4) from Pokran, near the base of the 



Khirthar range, to Ranikot. The sketch is approximately on a scale of 



2 miles to an inch. The disturbance is in places greater than is 



represented in the section. Thus, in the ridge of Khirthar limestone 



between the Daphro range and that overlooking Ranikot, there is much 



crushing, and the dip is reversed for some distance. 



To the southward the synclinal shown in the above sketch becomes a 



broad valley into which the Girran and Hothian 

 Near Batri Kurchat. -i i -i • 



passes lead, and the drainage from which runs 



southward to the Baran. In this valley, towards Batri Karchat, 1 



Manchhar beds come in with some Gaj and, to the south-west, Nari beds 



below them. The Daphro range ends in two spurs called Hatting and 



Yeting, both of Khirthar limestone. 



South of Hothian pass the Laki range, including the ridge or dome- 



Laki range south of shaped elevation known by the name of Eri, be- 



Hothian - comes a simple anticlinal of Khirthar limestone 



between two tracts of Manchhar beds. A thin representative of the 



Gaj group intervenes between the Manchhar and Khirthar beds to the 



westward, and the ferruginous beds to be noticed presently are found in 



places occupying the same position on the eastern side of the ridge. 



Eri is a higher part of the range, with a slight quaquaversal dip, steeper 



to the southward, where there is a depression of the anticlinal axis. 



South of Eri, across this depression, two easy foot-paths, similar to the 



Girran and Hothian passes, traverse the range, and are known as the 



Halarke and Hdla-lak. This last named insigni- 

 Hala pass. 



ficant pass is the only spot where the name of 



Hala, so frequently applied in maps to all the ranges of "Western Sind 



1 This place is about 9 miles north-west of the spot called Surang Khosa on the accom- 

 panying map. 



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