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  REMARKS. 
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  two 
  " 
  localities 
  called 
  Mogant 
  and 
  Kyat-pen," 
  which 
  last 
  name 
  may 
  

   perhaps 
  have 
  become 
  converted 
  into 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  " 
  Capelan" 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  mineralogist. 
  

  

  Another 
  interesting 
  paper 
  I 
  may 
  here 
  allude 
  to 
  is 
  an 
  account, 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blanford, 
  of 
  the 
  volcanic 
  hill 
  of 
  Puppa 
  in 
  Upper 
  Burmah, 
  

   contained 
  in 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  Society 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  Vol. 
  XXXI 
  

   page 
  215. 
  The 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  Pegu 
  

   lies 
  in 
  its 
  clearly 
  establishing 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  an 
  active 
  volcano 
  having 
  

   existed 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  during 
  the 
  deposition 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  containing 
  the 
  

   silicified 
  wood, 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  volcanic 
  action 
  having 
  been 
  detected 
  in 
  

   these 
  beds 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  province; 
  though 
  evidence 
  exists 
  

   of 
  cotemporary 
  volcanic 
  action 
  in 
  the 
  Prome 
  district 
  in 
  beds 
  somewhat 
  

   older 
  than 
  those 
  round 
  Puppa. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  earlier 
  contributions 
  towards 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  

   of 
  the 
  province, 
  I 
  should 
  not, 
  perhaps, 
  pass 
  unmentioned 
  two 
  mss. 
  maps 
  

   (of 
  very 
  different 
  value) 
  , 
  one 
  of 
  Tonghu 
  by 
  Mr. 
  O'Eiley, 
  when 
  Deputy 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  a 
  " 
  Geological 
  Sketch-map 
  

   of 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  Pegu, 
  including 
  Tonghu 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   Martaban," 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  MacClelland, 
  when 
  Conservator 
  of 
  Forests 
  in 
  

   British 
  Burmah. 
  As 
  regards 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  Mr. 
  O'lliley, 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  by 
  

   mere 
  inspection 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  an 
  amateur 
  quite 
  unacquainted 
  with 
  

   the 
  subject, 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  rather 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  monument 
  of 
  the 
  many- 
  

   sided 
  zeal 
  of 
  an 
  energetic 
  and 
  hard-working 
  officer 
  of 
  Government 
  than 
  

   a 
  contribution 
  in 
  any 
  sense 
  to 
  geology 
  ; 
  farther 
  allusion 
  to 
  it, 
  therefore, 
  is 
  

   unnecessary. 
  The 
  map 
  of 
  Dr. 
  MacClelland 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  character, 
  

   though 
  far 
  from 
  free 
  from 
  grave 
  inaccuracies, 
  and 
  disfigured 
  by 
  being 
  

   laid 
  down 
  on 
  an 
  extremely 
  bad 
  topographical 
  basis. 
  

  

  It 
  represents 
  the 
  entire 
  Eastern, 
  or 
  Pegu, 
  Yomah 
  as 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   Eocene 
  strata, 
  a 
  determination 
  very 
  possibly 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  mistaken 
  view 
  

   of 
  Sowerby, 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  fossils 
  brought 
  by 
  Crawfurd 
  from 
  between 
  

   Ava 
  and 
  Prome. 
  Scattered 
  over 
  these 
  Tertiary 
  beds 
  numerous 
  patches 
  

  

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  199 
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