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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, [March 8, 



Society, which came from Bagh on the 

 Kerbiidda. It forms a portion of that 

 assemblage of fossils which enabled 

 Capt. Keatinge to determine the exist- 

 ence of Cretaceous strata in the north- 

 west of the Indian peninsula, and it 

 was presented to the Society by Dr. H. 

 J. Carter, F.E.S. The specimens from 

 the cliifs at Has Tartak and Has 

 Sharwen, in South-eastern Arabia, 

 were collected by Dr. Carter, and in- 

 clude Echinoderms, Zoantharia, Fo- 

 raminifera, and Pectens ; they were 

 given to the Society by their distin- 

 guished collector in the hope that 

 they would, at some time or another, 

 be examined and named, special re- 

 ference being made to the Bagh series. 



Hearing that I was studying the 

 Bagh fossils, Dr. Carter wrote to me 

 to direct my attention to those from 

 S.E. Arabia; for he considers that 

 both the localities are of Neocomian 

 age*, and that they are along the 

 same line of the great fault which, 

 running parallel with the coast-line 

 of S. E. Arabia, reaches the Yindya 

 range on the Nerbudda. 



2. Position oftheStrata. — The town 

 of Bagh is situated about 22 miles 

 from the Nerbudda, 145 miles from 

 the sea, and about 850 feet above its 

 level. A Bryozoan limestone had long 

 been known to exist in its neigh- 

 bourhood, and the stones of Mandoo, 

 crowded as they are with fossils, had 

 excited the attention of Drs. Carter 

 and Oldham f. Capt. Keatinge and 

 Mr. Blackwell visited the caves whence 

 the stones were quarried, and made 

 as careful observations as could be 

 expected under very unfavourable cir- 

 cumstances. Their collection of fossils 

 was examined ; and, as far as can be 

 judged, these observers have fairly 

 proved their Cretaceous age. Before 



* H. J. Carter, ' Geological Papers on 

 Western India, &c.,' 1857, p. 623. 



t T. Oldham, ' On some Additions to the 

 Knowledge of the Cretaceous Eocks of 

 India,' p. 6. 



X Kindly furnished by Dr. H. J. Carter, 





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