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Lokurtullye, and thence proceed eastwards along it, we here also find the 



™. t. ,,,„,, rectilinear direction so closely followed as to con- 



The Faulted Mahadeva J 



Boundary. stitute a striking geological fact. Much however of 



this part of the boundary between Lokurtullye and Patroda is not faulted. 



In several places it is so, and in these, evidence of the existence of 



the fault may be clearly observed, and near Patroda the fault itself is 



well seen. South of that village, the Hosungabad 

 Seen S. of Patroda. 



and Betul road passes close under two high 



pointed hills which are formed of nearly vertical beds of schistoze 

 quartzite. From the summit of these peaks, the flat topped hills of 

 the Mahadeva sandstone and conglomerate are seen to abut against, or 

 to form as it were a continuation of the mass of these peaks themselves, 

 and if from the junction of the two rocks at the higher level, the observ- 

 er descend into the glen to the west, he will find at every step ample 

 evidence of the fault. 



At Bagra again, where the Tawa issues from the hills into the 



plain beyond, some of the outer hills of the range 

 Again at Bagra. 



are formed of the schist rocks, while the inner 



hills, as well as the bottom of the glen itself are of sandstone, and just 

 below the fort, in the river bank, the fault may be seen, here bring- 

 ing the crystalline limestone of the schists opposite the newer rocks. 

 Similar cases may be found along the Mahadeva boundary from hence 

 to the east, the sandstones are sometimes faulted against, and sometimes 

 rest on the crystalline rocks. 



Putty pur, a large fortified village about half way between Nursingpur 

 and Hosungabad (see map) stands in a gorge of this outer range through 



which a stream escapes from the hilly country to 

 Again near Futtypur 



the south into the Nerbudda valley. Five or six 



miles to the south east of the village, the hill Chatur, already mentioned, 



rises to a considerable height and is formed of the conglomerates, sandstones, 



and limestones of the Mahadevas. If one descends from its summit, to 



