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NERBUDDA DISTRICT. 



About nine miles from Jubbulpur on the south-west, a considerable 

 extent of tolerably pure and beautifully saccharine white limestone is 

 seen ; the river cuts a deep channel through the mass of this rock, expos- 

 ing sheer vertical surfaces of the white limestone, in places 120 feet 

 high: it is scarcely possible to exaggerate the picturesque effect of the 

 varied outline and color of the whole. The locality is well known as the 

 " Marble Rocks" (Figs. 2 and 3). The beauty of the scenery attracts 

 many visitors, and the sacred buildings in the neighbourhood many more. 



Fig. 3. Gorge of the Nerbudda at the " Marble Rocks" showing the bedding of the lime- 

 stone. 



As a prominent feature in the geology of the district the argilla- 

 ceous rocks are totally subordinate to the calca- 

 reous sub-division of the schist series : still they 



Argillaceous schists. 



