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which itself closely resembles bedding, and has been taken for it. 



„ ,. , In no case has it been found possible to estimate 

 Amount of vertical r 



displacement. t ^ e amoun t f vertical displacement of the fault 



marked by the breccia, nor even to ascertain on which side of it 



the down- throw has taken place. Not so however with the direc- 



~. .. „ .. .. tion of the line of fracture. This is rendered 



Direction of the lines 



horizontally. ^q more visible by those very causes which 



obscure all evidence bearing on the former questions, and it can 

 generally be traced with great exactness over considerable distances. 

 This direction is always nearly from east to west, and as far as our im- 

 perfect maps permit of such an assertion, parallel to the south boundary 

 of the lower Damuda and Talcheer rocks. The same direction holds 

 with regard to the breccia lines first spoken of within the Nerbudda 

 valley itself. These are parallel to the great Mahadeva fault near which 

 most of them can be traced. 



Fig. 22. Range of the Puchmurri or Mahadeva Hills, seen from the South, shewing the 



great escarpment. 



