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in the direction of Jungshahi, the upper Khirthar beds are wanting, and 

 only the compact white limestone is found. 



The southern portion of the range, beyond the Baran river, possesses 

 but few features of interest, and we may therefore pass on to the 

 country east of the Laki range, 1 commencing again to the northward 

 near Jakhmari, south of Laki. 



The expanse of Manchhar beds occupying the triangle formed by 



Laki, Manjhand, and Ranikot, is of very small 

 Manchhar beds be- 

 tween Laki and Man. interest. The beds are poorly seen, being usually 



covered by large accumulations of gravel, conglo- 

 merate, and sand. At intervals, at a considerable elevation above the 

 present plain, which slopes gradually from the hills to the Indus, there 

 are seen remains of an older slope of detritus in the form of flat-topped 

 or nearly flat-topped rises composed of consolidated gravel. 



Along the edge of the Laki range, at the base of the Manchhars, 

 Ferruginous beds at peculiar ferruginous beds, sometimes forming a 

 base of Manchhar group. kind f kterite, and often conglomeratic, are 

 found. These beds farther south are associated with Gaj fossils. They 

 are probably the same as the variegated beds of Bhagothoro. They 

 are seen at Jakhmari, Ranikot, and many other places. 



A similar ferruginous band may be traced along the outer border 

 of the Khirthar limestone in the country between the Laki range and 

 the Indus, from the neighbourhood of Manjhand to Bandh Vera and 

 the Baran river, and sparingly on the Indus side of the anticlinal. The 

 bed is seen well developed a few miles to the east of Hothian Hill, and 

 it fringes the Khirthar inliers in that neighbourhood. At the edge of 

 one of these inliers is a thin bed of Gaj with Ostrea multicostata, fyc. 

 A greater development is found to the southward near Bandh Vera. 

 To this further reference will be made presently. 



Some silicified fossil wood weathered out of the Manchhar beds is 



1 The greater portion of the following description is from Mr. Fcdden's notes, except 

 the details concerning Lainyan and Jhirak. 



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