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  Although 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  impossible 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  such 
  uncer- 
  

   Position 
  for 
  trial 
  tainties, 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  local 
  precedent 
  to 
  guide 
  

   feormgs 
  ' 
  one, 
  to 
  attempt 
  any 
  definite 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  depth 
  

  

  at 
  which 
  coal 
  might 
  be 
  struck 
  at 
  any 
  point 
  within 
  the 
  field 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  

   from 
  the 
  actual 
  outcrops. 
  I 
  am 
  strongly 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  experiment 
  

   should 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  tried. 
  I 
  would 
  recommend 
  Budi 
  in 
  the 
  Dudhi 
  

   valley 
  as 
  a 
  suitable 
  position. 
  It 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  far 
  (eight 
  miles) 
  from 
  the 
  

   boundary 
  to 
  be 
  clear 
  of 
  the 
  unfavorable 
  original 
  and 
  induced 
  conditions 
  

   affecting 
  the 
  rocks 
  there 
  — 
  the 
  coarse 
  conglomerate, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   troublesome 
  of 
  all 
  rocks 
  to 
  bore 
  through 
  (as 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  unfortunately 
  

   proved 
  near 
  the 
  coal 
  mines 
  on 
  the 
  Sitariva), 
  and 
  the 
  troubled 
  stratifica- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  trappean 
  intrusion 
  prevailing 
  in 
  that 
  position. 
  It 
  is, 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand, 
  sufficiently 
  far 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  sandstone 
  

   to 
  give 
  this 
  group 
  room 
  for 
  extinction. 
  An 
  analogous 
  and 
  almost 
  equally 
  

   favorable 
  position 
  may 
  be 
  selected 
  about 
  Bichla 
  in 
  the 
  gorge 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sitariva. 
  Should 
  coal 
  be 
  found, 
  the 
  open 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  Dudhi 
  would 
  

   afford 
  a 
  good 
  field 
  for 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  mining 
  enterprise, 
  and 
  there 
  

   would 
  be 
  no 
  great 
  difficulty 
  in 
  establishing 
  communication 
  with 
  the 
  

   railway. 
  It 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  accessible 
  as 
  the 
  Tawa, 
  valley. 
  In 
  this 
  latter 
  

   region, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  evidence 
  already 
  indicated, 
  there 
  does 
  not 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  good 
  a 
  prospect 
  of 
  the 
  coal 
  being 
  in 
  force 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  

   here 
  the 
  apparent 
  advantage 
  of 
  being 
  clear 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  

   rock. 
  For 
  a 
  trial 
  in 
  the 
  Tawa 
  area, 
  I 
  would 
  select 
  a 
  spot 
  well 
  to 
  the 
  

   south 
  of 
  Kesla, 
  somewhere 
  about 
  the 
  Suktawa. 
  There 
  is 
  so 
  little 
  upon 
  

   which 
  to 
  base 
  an 
  exact 
  opinion, 
  that 
  the 
  precise 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  may 
  

   be 
  made 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  convenience 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  conditions, 
  of 
  

   course 
  giving 
  a 
  wide 
  berth 
  to 
  trap-dykes. 
  

  

  From 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  said, 
  it 
  is 
  apparent 
  that 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Local 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  sa 
  »-g 
  r 
  o 
  u 
  PS, 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  sedimentary 
  series 
  

  

  gl0ups 
  " 
  here, 
  were 
  largely 
  determined 
  by 
  local 
  conditions 
  ; 
  

  

  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  corresponding 
  series 
  in 
  any 
  

  

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