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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  " 
  By 
  the 
  by, 
  in 
  your 
  Tabular 
  View 
  of 
  Indian 
  Rocks*, 
  positions 
  are 
  

   assigned 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  strata, 
  in 
  which, 
  with 
  ruy 
  present 
  light, 
  I 
  find 
  

   it 
  difficult 
  to 
  concur. 
  . 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  to 
  blame 
  for 
  any 
  mistake 
  there 
  

   may 
  be, 
  except, 
  perhaps, 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Mangali 
  sandstone. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  both 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  shales 
  of 
  Korhadi 
  and 
  the 
  red 
  clay 
  

   of 
  Malecfi. 
  should 
  be 
  above 
  the 
  Umret 
  Coal 
  and 
  the 
  Plant-sandstones. 
  

   In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  my 
  tour 
  last 
  January, 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  shales 
  very 
  like 
  

   those 
  of 
  Korhadi, 
  and 
  they 
  appeared 
  to 
  lie 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  our 
  Eocene 
  

   shelly 
  beds, 
  and 
  would 
  therefore 
  require 
  to 
  be 
  included 
  with 
  the 
  

   strata 
  I 
  have 
  comprehended 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Takli 
  series 
  ' 
  

   (Bombay 
  Asiat. 
  Journal, 
  No. 
  21). 
  The 
  state 
  of 
  my 
  mind 
  in 
  regard 
  

   to 
  the 
  Malec^i 
  clay, 
  as 
  you 
  may 
  have 
  gathered 
  above, 
  is 
  very 
  un- 
  

   settled. 
  The 
  Mangali 
  beds, 
  I 
  decidedly 
  think, 
  lie 
  above 
  the 
  coal- 
  

   strata. 
  This 
  month, 
  palaeontological 
  evidence 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  

   bearing 
  on 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  " 
  An 
  officer 
  (Major 
  Go 
  wan) 
  of 
  the 
  Bengal 
  Army, 
  in 
  wandering 
  

   about 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Mahadewa 
  Hills, 
  stumbled 
  upon 
  a 
  slab 
  of 
  

   sandstone 
  bearing 
  the 
  impression 
  of 
  a 
  vertebral 
  column 
  and 
  ribs. 
  

   He 
  reported 
  his 
  discovery 
  to 
  the 
  Governor 
  at 
  Calcutta, 
  and 
  the 
  offi- 
  

   cials 
  there, 
  moved 
  by 
  the 
  Bengal 
  Asiatic 
  Society, 
  addressed 
  the 
  

   officials 
  here, 
  requesting 
  the 
  specimen 
  to 
  be 
  forwarded 
  to 
  them. 
  It 
  

   has 
  been 
  brought 
  down 
  to 
  this 
  place 
  on 
  its 
  way 
  to 
  Calcutta, 
  and 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  submitted 
  to 
  my 
  care 
  in 
  the 
  meantime. 
  It 
  turns 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  Labyrinthodont 
  of 
  a 
  size 
  considerably 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  Brachyops, 
  

   and 
  is 
  pretty 
  complete 
  (as 
  an 
  impression), 
  wanting 
  only 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  the 
  tail, 
  and 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  legs. 
  The 
  head, 
  

   when 
  found, 
  was 
  perfect 
  ; 
  but, 
  when 
  laid 
  bare, 
  the 
  long 
  scutes 
  

   crumbled 
  into 
  small 
  fragments. 
  It 
  shows 
  a 
  long 
  row 
  of 
  teeth 
  on 
  

   each 
  side, 
  like 
  the 
  Brachyops 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  orbits 
  of 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  indicates 
  little 
  affinity 
  with 
  that 
  genus. 
  The 
  Mangali 
  Reptile, 
  

   in 
  fact, 
  belonged 
  to 
  v. 
  Meyer's 
  Prosthophthalmian 
  subdivision 
  of 
  

   Labyrinthodontidae, 
  whereas 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Maha- 
  

   dewa 
  Hills 
  is 
  an 
  Opistbophthalmian. 
  The 
  former 
  are 
  found, 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  German 
  geologist, 
  in 
  the 
  Upper 
  Triassic, 
  while 
  the 
  

   latter 
  occur 
  lower 
  down. 
  Now, 
  the 
  strata 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  more 
  ancient 
  

   Reptile 
  was 
  imbedded 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  our 
  Indian 
  Coal-beds 
  ; 
  for, 
  

   although 
  the 
  sandstone 
  slab 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  position, 
  yet 
  I 
  have 
  every 
  

   reason 
  to 
  know 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  have 
  belonged 
  only 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  " 
  During 
  my 
  last 
  Missionary- 
  tour 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  some 
  more 
  bones 
  at 
  

   Phisdura. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  massive. 
  One 
  femur 
  

   is 
  upwards 
  of 
  a 
  foot 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  condyles. 
  One 
  vertebra 
  is 
  about 
  

   7 
  inches 
  across. 
  The 
  vertebra3 
  have 
  all 
  lost 
  their 
  processes 
  ; 
  but 
  

   the 
  number 
  I 
  have 
  in 
  my 
  possession 
  now 
  is 
  very 
  great. 
  They 
  are 
  

   so 
  heavy 
  that 
  I 
  fear 
  I 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  send 
  them 
  home 
  ; 
  but 
  if 
  

   Dr. 
  Falconer 
  would 
  undertake 
  to 
  say 
  something 
  about 
  them, 
  I 
  should 
  

   be 
  glad 
  to 
  make 
  careful 
  drawings 
  of 
  them. 
  You 
  may 
  recollect 
  these 
  

   remains 
  occur 
  with 
  coprolites, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  huge 
  enough, 
  and 
  an 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  Physa 
  Prinsepii, 
  Paludina 
  Deccanensis, 
  and 
  other 
  shells 
  

   of 
  the 
  i 
  Inter-trappean.' 
  " 
  

  

  # 
  Quart. 
  Journ. 
  Geol. 
  Soc. 
  vol. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  150. 
  

  

  