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the South. The area may, consequently, be thus subdivided, and the 

 sub-divisions described in the succession in which they are placed below. 



1. The country East of the Singaran. 



2. Valley of the Singaran. 



3. Raniganj and its neighborhood. 



4. Valley of the main stream of the Nunia, and of the Eastern and 

 central branches North of the Grand Trunk Road, in short, East Divi- 

 sion of the Nunia. 



5. West division of ditto, i. e. the valley of the West branch of the 

 Nunia. 



6. Chinakuri and its neighborhood, with the country to the West, 

 as far as the Barakar. 



7. The country South of the Damuda, commencing from the West. 



I. Country East of the Singaran. 



1. Of the district East of the Singaran, but little need be said. 



The rocks forming a high ridge West of Khyra- 

 Rocks not well seen. 



sol, and which are well seen in the railway cut- 

 ting near Kaliptir, form no part of the Damuda Series. The whole 

 tract to the West of them, for 8 or 10 miles, is concealed by laterite on 

 the higher ground, and alluvium in the lower. In stream sections 

 through the laterite, sandstone is occasionally seen, which probably 

 belongs to the Damuda formation, this is certainly the case near Barpa- 

 hari, in the neighborhood of the Adjai. South of Andal, on the Grand 

 Trunk Road, a small patch of sandstone, apparently belonging to the 

 Damuda beds, is seen to rise through the alluvium. 



It is a most interesting question whether the coal-bearing deposits 

 Probable extension of extend beneath this tract of country, and fur- 

 ther to the Eastward, beneath the alluvium 

 and laterite of the Burdwan District. Every possible attention 



