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  THEOBALD: 
  GEOLOGY 
  OE 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  is 
  maintained, 
  but 
  is 
  reversed, 
  varying 
  from 
  70° 
  East-by-north 
  to 
  70° 
  as 
  

   an 
  average 
  East-byrsouth. 
  Near 
  Khyoungtha 
  the 
  dip 
  is 
  less, 
  and 
  small 
  

   anticlinal 
  folds 
  are 
  indicated 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  reverse 
  dips; 
  hereabouts 
  also 
  

   a 
  little 
  limestone 
  is 
  seen 
  lying 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  stream 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  large 
  

   boulders, 
  which, 
  though 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  discover 
  it 
  in 
  situ 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  I 
  now 
  

   recognise 
  as 
  the 
  limestone 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Axial 
  division. 
  The 
  

   rocks 
  along 
  the 
  Moo 
  stream 
  are 
  much 
  distorted, 
  but 
  I 
  imagine 
  they 
  

   form 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sharp 
  synclinal 
  fold, 
  whose 
  axis 
  passes 
  somewhere 
  about 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  Kondeing-zu, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  boundary 
  fault 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  Moo 
  stream. 
  

  

  At 
  Khyoung-tha 
  these 
  beds 
  are 
  left, 
  when 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  or 
  

   ridge 
  is 
  commenced, 
  which 
  separates 
  Khyoung-tha 
  from 
  Pathi. 
  No 
  good 
  

   section 
  is 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  steep 
  hill 
  sides, 
  but 
  the 
  beds 
  passed 
  over 
  are 
  thick- 
  

   bedded 
  grits, 
  with 
  rusty 
  and 
  glazed 
  surfaces, 
  especially 
  the 
  coarser 
  and 
  

   more 
  conglomeratic 
  beds. 
  The 
  prevailing 
  dip 
  of 
  these 
  beds 
  is 
  East-by- 
  

   north 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  reversed, 
  as 
  though 
  from 
  small 
  local 
  

   foldings. 
  The 
  beds 
  are 
  much 
  indurated, 
  and 
  seamed 
  with 
  calcite, 
  and 
  

   seem 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  near 
  Pathi. 
  The 
  village 
  of 
  Pathi 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  a 
  

   feeder 
  of 
  the 
  Mahton 
  stream 
  ; 
  and 
  directly 
  this 
  small 
  stream 
  is 
  crossed, 
  

   and 
  the 
  eastern 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Arakan 
  range 
  gained, 
  running 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  frontier 
  peak 
  of 
  Kyeedoung, 
  a 
  different 
  description 
  of 
  beds 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  

   met 
  with 
  — 
  softish 
  subschistose 
  beds, 
  wherein 
  the. 
  calcite 
  veins 
  are 
  replaced 
  

   by 
  viens 
  of 
  quartz 
  very 
  sparingly 
  distributed. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  stream 
  

   that 
  a 
  view 
  can 
  be 
  got 
  of 
  these 
  beds, 
  as 
  they 
  decompose 
  readily 
  at 
  

   the 
  surface 
  into 
  a 
  clayey 
  soil, 
  covered 
  here 
  with 
  dense 
  virgin 
  forest, 
  the 
  

   unchallenged 
  domain 
  of 
  the 
  elephant, 
  tiger, 
  and 
  other 
  large 
  game. 
  Very 
  

   similar 
  beds 
  to 
  these 
  are 
  seen 
  further 
  South 
  on 
  the 
  ascent 
  to 
  the 
  Arakan 
  

   range 
  by 
  the 
  little-used 
  path, 
  from 
  Leppandeing 
  and 
  Wetto 
  to 
  Maii; 
  but 
  

   I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  good 
  sections 
  of 
  either 
  these 
  subschistose 
  beds 
  or 
  the 
  

   overlying 
  silicious 
  grits. 
  In 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  beds 
  have 
  I 
  noticed 
  any 
  

   fossils. 
  I 
  will 
  here 
  therefore 
  give 
  the 
  best 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  division 
  

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  3*0 
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