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and broken fossil bones in vast abundance, but no entire specimen. 

 From this to Kawranee is 151 miles in a north-easterly direction ; at 

 about the fifth mile I emerged by a pass into a tolerably level coun- 

 try, small hummocks of a pale yellow limestone with Hypponyces 

 occasionally protruding from the general level. The surrounding 

 country is composed of the yellow clay above-mentioned, with Me- 

 laniae, Pupse, &c., but in many places concealed beneath sand- 

 hills. 



In the Kawranee river bed, now dry, a good section of the pale 

 yellow limestone (No. 7) is exposed. In this stratum I observed 

 an Hypponyx and two species of Nummulites to be most abundant, 

 with large quantities of a minute fossil, which was well-known to our 

 armyinCaubul under the name of *' Petrified Rice*," claws of Crus- 

 tacea, a Nautilus, a large Cytherea ?, and many other fossils. 



I proceeded hence to Rodh, thirteen miles over an extensive plain. 

 In some places water-courses had cut down to the rock beneath, 

 which I found to be identical with that of Kawranee (No. 7). 



Sections exposed by the Kodh river exhibit conglomerate, cemented 

 towards the base, but disintegrated above, and in many places sur- 

 mounted by yellow clay of inconsiderable thickness, containing Me- 

 lanise and Pupae, but no other fossils. 



Hence to Woor, 18|^ miles in a north-easterly direction. For the 

 first mile conglomerate occasionally protruded through the clay, and 

 then a sandstone nearly horizontal, with pebbles and fossil wood 

 scattered on its surface ; the general aspect of the country up to the 

 ninth mile being level. At this point I came upon the pale yellow 

 limestone (No. 7), and hence, by a gentle ascent for about three 

 miles, to the Junnett Pass, where I found fossils in all respects 

 agreeing with those obtained at Kawranee. 



The country between Kurrachee and Kotree is characterized by a 

 succession of steppes ; the slopes at a small angle to the west coincide 

 with the stratification, and the abrupt cliffs have an easterly ex- 

 posure, at the bases of which water-courses are usually found. 



To the N.N.E. of Junnett Pass, 1^ mile, there is an outlier form- 

 ing seven peaks, known to the natives by the name of Saut-Raee. 

 These peaks have an elevation of from 300 to 400 feet above the 

 plain, and are for the most part composed of the yellow limestone 

 (No. 7). I was unable to visit them, as the only water obtainable at 

 this season in that neighbourhood was putrid and unfit to drink ; in 

 fact no water was to be had between Rodh and Woor, 18^ miles. 

 From Junnett Pass, by a gradual descent to Woor, where the coun- 

 try is a level plain, the section exposed by the "Woor river is nowhere 

 deep, but shows that the yellow clay of the plain rests on conglome- 

 rate. In the river bed I found numerous nummulites in the sand 

 and gravel ; both banks are flanked to a great distance by hills of 

 drift sands, generally crowned with Tamarisk and Acacia Catechu. 

 From this to Kotree twelve miles of level country, being made up of an 



* This fossil was since taken to Paris by Sir Roderick Murchison, and was iden- 

 tified by M. A. d'Orbigny to be an Alveolina. The associated forms of this class are 

 m the Umestones of Sinde Nummulina and Assilina (D'Orb.). 



