36 WYNNE : TRANS-INDUS EXTENSION OF THE PUNJAB SALT RANGE. 



The newest alluvium has been already described as largely formed of 

 sand (such as would result from decomposition of 

 the Siwalik beds) in the Derajat, and most earthy 



in such other low situations as the more fertile portion of the Bannu 



plain. 



PART II. 

 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS. 



Commencing at the point nearest to the Salt Range for convenience 

 of reference, I shall divide the observations to follow into sections, 

 thus — 



I. — Neighbourhood of Ka'laba'gh. 



II. — The Chicha'li kange and mountains to the noeth. 

 III. — The Maida'n kange. 

 IV. — The double chain of the Maewat and Khasoe eanges. 



V. — Shekh Budin Gund. 

 VI. — The Bhattani hills. 



I. — Neighbourhood of Kalabagh. 



In the appendix to the Salt Range Memoir 1 previously referred to, I 

 have given some particulars as to the geology of 

 the hills in the neighbourhood of Kalabagh, an 

 interesting and extraordinary place which has always attracted the atten- 

 tion of visitors. It is thus referred to by Thorburn, who states that the 

 town was devastated by the Indus flood in 1841 3 : — 



" The houses rise one above the other on the hill side, nestling close packed in 

 " an abandon of dirt and confusion a.mid the glistening carnation-coloured salt of the 



1 See pages 268, &c, 2^2, &c, of Salt Range Memoir. 



2 " Banu," p. 8, note. 

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