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indeed. Perhaps this is the less to be regretted, since the locality is too 

 difficult of access ever to be of much importance. 



Section 3.— Mahadeva Series. 

 Rocks of this series, though largely developed west of the Koel, are 

 Hot now represented by any deposits in those parts of the Hutar field 

 which lie to the east of that river. Their general aspect, throughout 

 the elevated tract which extends from the west bank of the Koel, 

 where they rest upon a great thickness of Barakars, to the end of the 

 field, where they are cut off by a fault, corresponds closely with the 

 appearance of rocks of the same age in the Karanpura fields. The 

 lithological characters, too, are identical. 



Owing to the difference in the thickness of the sections of the 

 Barakars which are found on the north and south, it is possible that 



Possible unconform- ^^^ Mahadevas may have been let down by a fault, 

 ^*y* a portion of the Barakars having been cut out. 



This appearance may, however, be attributable either to original 

 irregularity of deposit of the Barakars, or to unconformable superposi- 

 tion, the existence of which is rendered probable by the non-representa- 

 tion of the Raniganj and Panchet groups in this area. 



The most complete section of these rocks is afforded by the Supahi, 



Section in SupaH ^^^^^ traverses a deeply cut gorge through the 

 "''^''' mass of hills north of Purro. At the mouth of 



the gorge the rusty-looking grits and sandstones dip 15°, to north. At 

 about the centre of the gorge the beds flatten, and the water runs between 

 steep walls, 30 feet high, in which the rugged and honey-combed edo-es 

 of the beds are exposed. Pot-holes abound, and contribute not a little 

 to produce a striking effect. This is especially the case at the waterfall 

 which is fed by the Hulka stream on the west. 



The scene is one of peculiar beauty, not that there is, in the dry 



Scenery. ^®^^°° ^^ ^^^^^' ^ *^°P^°"^ ^^^^^ ^"^^ because the 



water trickles into vast pot-holes, and flows over 



the edges of these natural basins, the innermost recesses of which can be 



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