﻿FOSSIL- 
  WOOD 
  GROUP. 
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  and 
  Kiungalay. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  well 
  exposed 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarter 
  miles 
  

   East 
  of 
  Talok, 
  on 
  ascending 
  from 
  the 
  small 
  stream, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  previ- 
  

   ously 
  noted 
  as 
  not 
  being 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  map. 
  

  

  A 
  fair 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  beds 
  is 
  seen 
  North 
  of 
  Prome, 
  either 
  

   along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  direct 
  road 
  to 
  Dayeng-ga-bhu, 
  or 
  between 
  Day- 
  

   eng-ga-bhu 
  and 
  Wettigon, 
  a 
  village 
  thirteen 
  miles 
  North-east-by-north 
  

   from 
  Prome. 
  The 
  ground 
  round 
  Wettigon 
  is 
  low 
  and 
  swampy, 
  merging 
  

   into 
  forest. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  sandy 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  proximity 
  of 
  the 
  incoherent 
  

   sands 
  to 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  West 
  of 
  the 
  fossil- 
  wood 
  group. 
  At 
  less 
  than 
  

   two 
  miles 
  from 
  Wettigon 
  in 
  a 
  North-west 
  direction, 
  a 
  sensible 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  above- 
  the 
  flat 
  champaign 
  country 
  is 
  noticed, 
  and 
  the 
  road 
  

   enters 
  on 
  the 
  clay 
  bed 
  underlying 
  the 
  upper 
  sand. 
  At 
  little 
  better 
  than 
  

   a 
  mile 
  this 
  clay 
  gives 
  place 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  sand, 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  road 
  

   winds 
  for 
  some 
  three 
  miles 
  or 
  so, 
  through 
  some 
  picturesque 
  ravines 
  and 
  

   miniature 
  denies, 
  such 
  as 
  usually 
  characterise 
  the 
  ground 
  covered 
  by 
  this 
  

   bed. 
  Fossil-wood 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  plentiful 
  here 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  West, 
  

   where 
  it 
  sometimes 
  occurs 
  in 
  profusion, 
  along 
  the 
  direct 
  road 
  to 
  Dayeng- 
  

   ga-bhu. 
  Between 
  Wettigon 
  and 
  Kywaythay, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  nine 
  miles, 
  

   and 
  for 
  twelve 
  miles 
  South 
  of 
  Dayeng-ga-bhu, 
  neither 
  villages 
  nor 
  water 
  

   (save 
  a 
  few 
  pools 
  in 
  the 
  rainy 
  season) 
  are 
  met 
  with 
  ; 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   entire 
  area 
  of 
  these 
  fossil-wood 
  beds, 
  villages 
  are 
  rarely 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  water, 
  or 
  the 
  great 
  depth 
  to 
  which 
  wells 
  would 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  sunk 
  through 
  these 
  porous 
  beds 
  to 
  find 
  it. 
  The 
  clay 
  underly- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  upper 
  sand 
  is 
  largely 
  developed 
  or 
  exposed 
  North 
  of 
  Wettigon 
  ; 
  

   but 
  its 
  relations 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  sand 
  can 
  perhaps 
  be 
  nowhere 
  better 
  seen 
  

   than 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  Bulay 
  stream, 
  and 
  North-west 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Touk- 
  

   kian-deing. 
  It 
  here 
  occupies 
  a 
  somewhat 
  wide 
  tract 
  of 
  country 
  covered 
  

   with 
  open 
  forest, 
  and 
  bounded 
  rather 
  sharply 
  to 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  East 
  by 
  the 
  

   upper 
  fossil-wood 
  sands. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  several 
  places 
  dug 
  for 
  making 
  pottery, 
  

   and 
  superficially 
  very 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  ordinary 
  alluvium 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   vince 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  this 
  to 
  distinguish 
  the 
  two, 
  that 
  small 
  fragments 
  of 
  

  

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