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Capt Grant on the Geology of Cutch. 



In describing the upper secondary formation, I have stated, tliat 1 con- 

 ceive the hills owe their outline, presenting to the north an abrupt escarp- 

 ment resting on a slope, and to the south an inclined plane, to the agency of 

 volcanic forces. In the Karee river, near Bhooj, these beds have been dis- 

 turbed to an extent which defies representation. Near the village of Jarra, 

 on the borders of the Runn, a bank affords a good example of the manner in 

 which this upheaving power has acted. The laminated beds (upper secondary 

 formation) being of a loose earthy character have yielded to the disturbing 

 agent; whilst the overlying compact stone has broken short off, and pre- 



