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of lofty limestone hills on the right. Fig. 2 is a section across the 

 alluvial beds from the Fort of Kuttai to the torrent, which, as well 

 as another on the other side of the fort, comes down from the north 

 (see fig. 1). What is to be seen here and at the other places seems 

 to me to upset Mr. Yigne's hypothesis ; and all that I now want to 

 find out is the composition of the Snowy Eange to the North. The 

 sketch, fig. 3, represents the valley from Gingle to Oorie. 



Fig. 1. — SJcetch-pIan of the Alluvium in the Jhelum Valley near 



Kuttai. 



Limestone. 



River Jhelum. 



About twelve miles north of a is the Great Snowy Eange. The cliifs at b are 

 about 200 feet high. c. Kuttai Fort. From Z> to c, about 2^ miles. The dotted 

 portion is covered with granite-boulders. 



At Oorie, where occurs the next accumulation of granite -boulders, 

 the valley or gorge of the Jhelum widens out at the junction of a 

 valley from Poonch on the south. The Fort stands on the alluvial 



Fig. 2. — Section of the Alluvium cut through by the Torrent 

 North-west of Kuttai. 



Limestone. Great Snowy Range. Limestone. 



I- Fort. 



Limestone. Torrent. Alluvium with granite- 

 boulders. 



Limestone. 



■* Bed of the Jhelum. 



plain, as shown in fig. 3, and the Jhelum flows in a deep channel 

 which it has cut through the alluvium. If the granite-boulders had 

 been conveyed from beyond Hara-mook as far down as Kuttai, they 



