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  THEOBALD 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  Nioungain, 
  where 
  the 
  Nummulitie 
  belt 
  is 
  crossed 
  almost 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  

   by 
  the 
  road, 
  and 
  is 
  nearly 
  seven 
  miles 
  broad. 
  After 
  leaving 
  the 
  Than-ni 
  

   stream, 
  the 
  road 
  at 
  once 
  ascends, 
  and 
  for 
  five 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  continues 
  

   over 
  an 
  elevated 
  strip 
  of 
  country, 
  covered 
  with 
  somewhat 
  sparse 
  forest, 
  

   and 
  devoid 
  of 
  water. 
  Very 
  little 
  rock 
  is 
  seen, 
  from 
  the 
  readily 
  disinte- 
  

   grating 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  Nummulitie 
  group. 
  At 
  one 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Nioungain, 
  the 
  road 
  suddenly 
  descends 
  into 
  the 
  

   low 
  country 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Lendon 
  (not 
  in 
  the 
  map) 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   fall, 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  commonly 
  observable 
  along 
  the 
  Nummulitie 
  

   area 
  to 
  the 
  Eastward. 
  South 
  of 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  broken 
  up, 
  and 
  

   so 
  covered 
  with 
  impenetrable 
  forest 
  that 
  little 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  ; 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  

   North, 
  a 
  few 
  roads 
  run 
  along 
  this 
  elevated 
  Nummulitie 
  area, 
  giving 
  

   glimpses 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  features 
  here 
  described 
  though 
  much 
  obscured 
  

   by 
  forest. 
  A 
  very 
  similar 
  section 
  of 
  country 
  as 
  that 
  above 
  described, 
  is 
  

   seen 
  seven 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  North 
  of 
  this, 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  running 
  West 
  of 
  

   Nyoung-ben-kweng. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Nummulitie 
  

   group 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  stream 
  near 
  Thambula 
  in 
  descending 
  order. 
  

  

  Miocene. 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  Greenish 
  gray 
  earthy 
  sandstone, 
  shaly 
  in 
  places, 
  but 
  mostly 
  

  

  massive, 
  over 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  100 
  

  

  NUMMULITIC. 
  

  

  Nummulitie 
  limestone 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  10 
  

  

  Soft 
  sandy 
  and 
  shaly 
  beds 
  (ill 
  seen) 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  65 
  

  

  Hard 
  yellowish 
  argillaceous 
  sandstone 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  1 
  

  

  Soft 
  beds 
  (ill 
  seen) 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  80 
  

  

  Fine 
  greenish 
  gray 
  silty 
  sandstone, 
  micaceous, 
  rather 
  slabby, 
  with 
  

  

  some 
  shaly 
  partings 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ..66 
  

  

  Pale 
  shales 
  .,. 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  Dark 
  shales 
  and 
  soft 
  beds 
  (ill 
  seen) 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  75 
  

  

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