﻿Vol. 
  53.] 
  THE 
  SUPERFICIAL 
  DEPOSITS 
  OF 
  CTTTCH. 
  225 
  

  

  This 
  description, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  fullest 
  in 
  the 
  memoir, 
  does 
  not 
  in 
  

   any 
  way 
  indicate 
  the 
  author's 
  view 
  of 
  their 
  origin. 
  Indeed 
  he 
  

   elsewhere 
  says 
  : 
  ' 
  The 
  .... 
  subrecent 
  deposits, 
  except 
  in 
  their 
  most 
  

   superficial 
  portions, 
  contain 
  no 
  evidence 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  under 
  

   which 
  they 
  were 
  accumulated.' 
  l 
  

  

  Although 
  in 
  one 
  sense 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  generally 
  

   distributed, 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  ten 
  definite 
  localities 
  where 
  these 
  

   deposits 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  important 
  to 
  be 
  noticed. 
  Of 
  these 
  one 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  < 
  quartz-gravel,' 
  and 
  is 
  thus, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  of 
  a 
  

   character 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  rest. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  six 
  other 
  localities 
  

   where 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  them, 
  making 
  in 
  all 
  fifteen 
  to 
  be 
  considered, 
  

   situated 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  1. 
  The 
  northern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Kala 
  Dongar, 
  in 
  

   Patcham. 
  2 
  2. 
  The 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  Gora 
  Dongar, 
  north 
  of 
  Andhou. 
  

   3. 
  In 
  the 
  glens 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  elevation 
  in 
  Bela. 
  4. 
  On 
  the 
  

   northern 
  flanks 
  of 
  the 
  Habo 
  Hills, 
  near 
  Kotae. 
  5. 
  Below 
  Roha 
  Hill. 
  

   6. 
  High 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  Kas 
  scarp. 
  7. 
  On 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Jhurio 
  

   Hills. 
  8. 
  In 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  Yarar 
  Hill. 
  9. 
  At 
  Baukha, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   quarried. 
  10. 
  On 
  Bhujia 
  Hill. 
  11. 
  At 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  Katrod 
  Hill. 
  

   12. 
  In 
  the 
  Katrod 
  Hills 
  between 
  Ler 
  and 
  Jadura. 
  13. 
  In 
  a 
  valley 
  

   north-west 
  of 
  Godpur. 
  14. 
  On 
  the 
  Mandvi 
  road, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   quarried. 
  15. 
  At 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  trap-escarpment 
  at 
  Khedoi. 
  It 
  

   will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  deposits 
  are 
  all 
  very 
  local, 
  and 
  usually 
  

   associated 
  with 
  some 
  hill. 
  They 
  appear 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  absent 
  or 
  

   inconspicuous 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  Cutch. 
  (See 
  Map, 
  opposite.) 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  examine 
  now 
  more 
  closely 
  their 
  mode 
  of 
  occurrence, 
  some 
  

   remarkable 
  peculiarities 
  become 
  obvious, 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  some 
  

   guide 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  origin. 
  Thus 
  the 
  Kala 
  Dongar 
  Hills 
  3 
  have 
  a 
  steep 
  

   escarpment 
  on 
  their 
  northern 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  slopes 
  below 
  have 
  usually 
  

   a 
  direction 
  parallel 
  to 
  it, 
  but 
  near 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   projection 
  of 
  high 
  ground 
  forming 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  bay 
  which 
  opens 
  on 
  the 
  

   west, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  this 
  bay 
  that 
  the 
  subrecent 
  concrete 
  

   is 
  found. 
  In 
  the 
  Gora 
  Dongar, 
  north 
  of 
  Andhou, 
  a 
  broad 
  open 
  

   valley 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  dome 
  of 
  Jurassic 
  rocks, 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  bounded 
  by 
  an 
  escarpment 
  of 
  limestone 
  rising 
  towards 
  

   the 
  north. 
  Near 
  the 
  summit 
  the 
  continuity 
  of 
  this 
  escarpment 
  is 
  

   broken, 
  and 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  narrow 
  recess 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  mouth 
  faces 
  west. 
  

   It 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  flanks 
  of 
  this 
  recess 
  that 
  the 
  concrete 
  occurs, 
  

   occupying 
  nearly 
  the 
  highest 
  level 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood, 
  which, 
  

   from 
  the 
  figures 
  given 
  on 
  the 
  Trigonometrical 
  Survey 
  map, 
  must 
  be 
  

   some 
  560 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Ran. 
  In 
  the 
  glens 
  of 
  Bela 
  these 
  

   deposits 
  lie, 
  as 
  noted, 
  at 
  a 
  high 
  level. 
  On 
  the 
  northern 
  flanks 
  of 
  

   the 
  Habo 
  Hills 
  the 
  principal 
  part 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  slope 
  of 
  an 
  

   outlying 
  scarp, 
  and 
  reaches 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  300 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  Ran. 
  In 
  

  

  1 
  Mem. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  India, 
  vol. 
  ix. 
  pt. 
  i. 
  (1872) 
  p. 
  85. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  is 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  that 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Trigonometrical 
  

   Survey 
  Maps 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  local 
  pronunciation, 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wynne's 
  names, 
  is 
  

   often 
  very 
  different, 
  unaccented 
  a 
  being 
  pronounced 
  as 
  a 
  short 
  u, 
  and 
  d, 
  I, 
  and 
  

   r 
  being 
  often 
  interchangeable. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  Kala 
  Dongar 
  Hills 
  run 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  half 
  of 
  Pateham, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Gora 
  Dongar 
  Hills 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  half. 
  

  

  