Chap. V.] panchet group. 13 J 



isolated by alluvium, at the village of Jamwa, and at Telinda or Mad- 

 jia Hill, South-west of Raniganj. 



With the exception of a few stems and imperfectly preserved leaves, 

 no fossils have been met with in these beds, and, from their occur- 

 rence solely where isolated by alluvium, or upon hills, the sides of 

 which are obscured by jungle and covered by blocks, which haye 



fallen from above, it is impossible to ascertain, with 

 Mode of occurrence. 



any degree of certainty, whether this upper series 



is unconformable upon the Panchet group or not. The beds towards the 

 top of Panchet Hill appear to dip at much lower angles than is the case 

 at the base, and the same is seen, to a smaller extent, in Beharinath, 

 and, apparently, in Garangi, but as all these hills abut against an 

 enormous fault on their Southern side, no differences in amount of dip 

 are sufficient to prove unconformity, unless the beds are seen in con- 

 tact, which is not here the case. It is however probable that they are 

 not conformable. 



On Panchet Hill there are not above 500 feet of these beds, but 

 Beharinath Hill,* which cannot be less than 900 



Thickness. 



feet, above the surface of the country at its base, 

 seems to be almost entirely composed of them. As, however, the base 

 is much concealed by fallen masses, their thickness may be considered 

 as 500 feet. 



* Beharinath is 1,480 feet high above the sea level, but not more thau 900 above the plain 

 at its base. 



