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  GODWIN-AUSTIN 
  NORTH 
  -WESTERN 
  HIMALAYAS. 
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  which 
  form 
  the 
  Kashmere 
  valley 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  south-east, 
  and 
  east 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Nummulitic 
  Limestone 
  comes 
  in 
  on 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pir-Pinjal, 
  without 
  the 
  intermediate 
  Palaeozoic 
  and 
  Mesozoic 
  

   series, 
  is 
  very 
  puzzling. 
  

  

  Captain 
  Godwin- 
  Austen 
  then 
  describes 
  the 
  geographical 
  extension 
  

   of 
  these 
  various 
  deposits, 
  and 
  concludes 
  his 
  paper 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  notice 
  

   of 
  the 
  Granitic 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  his 
  notes 
  extend. 
  

  

  The 
  paper 
  was 
  illustrated 
  by 
  several 
  sections, 
  views, 
  and 
  maps, 
  

   and 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  fossils 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  notes. 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Carboniferous 
  and 
  Jurassic 
  Brachiopoda 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Captain 
  Godwin-Austen. 
  By 
  T. 
  Davidson, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  [Abstract.] 
  

  

  1. 
  Carboniferous 
  Brachiopoda. 
  — 
  The 
  Carboniferous 
  series 
  is 
  stated 
  

   by 
  Captain 
  Godwin-Austen 
  to 
  consist 
  of 
  (1) 
  Quartzites, 
  (2) 
  Limestone 
  

   full 
  of 
  fossils, 
  (3) 
  an 
  Argillaceous 
  series, 
  (4) 
  Compact 
  Limestone 
  

   with 
  fewer 
  fossils, 
  capj)ed 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  beds 
  containing 
  Goniatites. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Davidson 
  remarks 
  that 
  the 
  impure 
  limestone 
  (2), 
  which 
  ap- 
  

   pears 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  organic 
  remains, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  darkish- 
  

   grey 
  colour, 
  and 
  bears 
  much 
  resemblance, 
  lithologically 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  

   fossils, 
  to 
  deposits 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  age 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  Prom 
  this 
  rock, 
  

   at 
  Shigar, 
  near 
  Skardo, 
  Captain 
  Godwin-Austen 
  obtained 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  

   species 
  of 
  Brachiopoda, 
  four 
  only, 
  however, 
  being 
  sufficiently 
  perfect 
  

   to 
  admit 
  of 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  determination 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Terebratula 
  Austeniana, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  2. 
  Spirifer, 
  sp. 
  

  

  3. 
  K-hynchonella 
  pleurodon, 
  var. 
  

  

  Davreuxiana, 
  De 
  Kon. 
  

  

  4. 
  Orthis, 
  sp. 
  

  

  5. 
  Productus 
  sernireticulatus, 
  Martin. 
  

  

  6. 
  Chonetes 
  Hardrensis, 
  var. 
  

  

  2. 
  Jurassic 
  Brachiopoda. 
  — 
  The 
  Jurassic 
  strata 
  of 
  Kato, 
  in 
  Ladak, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Suru 
  country 
  of 
  Thibet, 
  which 
  are 
  stated 
  by 
  Captain 
  God- 
  

   win 
  Austen 
  to 
  be 
  there 
  largely 
  developed, 
  have 
  yielded 
  two 
  species 
  

   of 
  Brachiopoda, 
  namely, 
  Terebratula 
  Thibetensis 
  and 
  Rhynchonella 
  

   Katoniensis, 
  sp. 
  nov., 
  which 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  yellowish 
  lime- 
  

   stone, 
  considered 
  by 
  Captain 
  Godwin-Austen 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  Oxfordian 
  age. 
  

  

  A 
  compact 
  light-grey 
  limestone, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  also 
  contains 
  

   a 
  Terebratula 
  and 
  a 
  Rhynchonella 
  in 
  abundance 
  ; 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Davidson 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  belong. 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Jurassic 
  Fossils 
  collected 
  by 
  Captain 
  Godwin- 
  Austen. 
  

   By 
  E. 
  Etherldgge, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  F.R.S.E. 
  

  

  [Abstract.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Etheridge 
  notices 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  features 
  of 
  these 
  Thibetan 
  

   fossils, 
  comparing 
  them 
  with 
  species 
  from 
  British 
  and 
  Continental 
  

   Jurassic 
  rocks, 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  considers 
  that 
  they 
  bear 
  a 
  remarkable 
  

   resemblance; 
  and 
  be 
  concludes 
  that 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  from 
  

   which 
  they 
  were 
  obtained 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  Middle 
  Oolitic, 
  the 
  facies 
  of 
  

   the 
  fauna 
  determining 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  between 
  the 
  Cornbrash 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  