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MESSES. A. E. ANDREW AND T. E. G. BAILEY [May IQIO, 



Doubtful Occurrences of Karroo near Masiunjuti 

 and in the Kasitu Valley. 



A small patch of sedimentary deposits occurs near Masiunjuti, 

 between Karonga and Mount Waller (fig. 1, p. 191). These are 

 similar in appearance to the purple sandstones and shales of Mpata, 

 and their general dip, 30° eastwards, also favours the assumption 

 that they are of Karroo age. 



Considerably farther south, in the Kasitu Valley, a large isolated 

 block of pebbly sandstone was found lying on the alluvium.^The 



Fig. 8. 



sandstone is typically Karroo in character, and could not have been 

 carried far. It is, therefore, possible that Karroo rocks may be 

 discovered in the Kasitu Valley many miles to the south of the 

 area where they are now known in Northern JSTyasaland. 



The Karroo of the Lower Shire District in Southern 

 Ny as aland. — The Karroo succession in this area is of great 



