190 NERBUDDA DISTRICT. 



the nearest spurs as seen in the sketch, that is from the south west 



side, limestone similar to that of Sali glen is passed 

 Description of Chatur. . 



over, to a height or about 500 feet. At the base the 



section is of the mixed character, the limestone being interstratified with 



sandstones ; and toward the top of the 500 feet, the same fact is repeated; 



indeed, the limestone dies out rather more rapidly here than below, and 



is succeeded above by thick-bedded sandstone which continues to the 



summit of the hill. 



At the height of about 400 feet above the plain a very strong bed of 

 the limestone is found, the out-crop of which on the hill side, is well seen 

 from a distance, owing to the fact of its lying between some layers of 

 half indurated marl, or soft earthy limestone. This bed is shown in the 

 sketch {Fig. 10, p. 189, and may be there perceived to have a slight 

 dip to the north-west; this dip is quite imperceptible in detail, and 

 its amount could not be measured at any point of the out-crop, but is 

 notwithstanding sufficient to bring this bed which is 400 feet above the 

 valley on the W. of Chatur, close to the top of the more distant peak 

 of Doria (see sketch.) 



This calcareous portion of the Mahadeva formation is in its extent, 



whether thickness or surface-area be considered, a 

 Connection of these , .... 



beds with the Lameta very insignificant part of the group, but it is m- 



group. . . . . , .... 



vested with a special interest by its similarity to 



the sub-group which we have provisionally named from the Lameta 



Ghat on the Nerbudda, and which will be more fully described hereafter. 



No traces of the remains of any animal organism have as yet been 



found in the Mahadeva beds. Much silicified wood 

 Fossils absent. . . 



(stems &c.) is contained in some parts ot the sand- 

 stone of the series, and in a glen behind Nimbnagurh hill, and opposite 

 the mouth of which Kuluri village stands, were noticed what may be 



called " fossil timber." Trunks of large trees are 



embedded in the thick bedded sandstones : several 

 of these were 14 to 16 feet long, with a diameter of 2% feet and 



