1834.] between Baitool and Hoskungabad. "/'i 



wide passes through the sandstone from a S. E. direction. It forms the 

 bed of the nullah, and can be traced for a considerable distance. 



The trap dyke is itself intersected in various directions by No. 5 in 

 veins not exceeding 3 feet. 



The specimens B, No. 3, were taken from a vertically disposed mass 

 about 10 feet in width, which crosses the road on descending a low hill 

 of sandstone, No. 2. The quartz runs E. and W., and is with great 

 difficulty broken across the laminae. 



About 4 miles from the Machna river and 3 miles up the Bhora 

 nuddee, are the seams of coal displayed on both banks of the stream 

 under a thick bed ,of sandstone*. All the small nullahs run over 

 sandstone beds. After crossing the Bhoi-a nuddee, trap again imme- 

 diately occurs and continues for a mile and half to the base of a hill of 

 sandstone. The trap is traversed by a vein of calcareous spar, No. 6, 

 about 6 inches wide : no trap appears farther north, and after crossing 

 the sandstone hills, the road passes over a black alluvial soil, which 

 continues to the river N. of Keesla, and the only rock met with is 

 sandstone grit, No. 7. 



4th Division. — The 4th division comprises the low range of hills be- 

 tween Keesla and Putroda, forming the pass to the valley of the 

 Nerbudda. These hills form a part of the great range of Mahadeo 

 hills, which at this point form a salient angle projecting to the north 

 west. 



After crossing the nullah north of Keesla, the road lies over han- 

 kars or tufaceous limestones for a short distance, until reaching some 

 low hills where commences a mica schist formation with and without 

 garnets, and int'erstratified with whitish and greyish limestones, granu- 

 lar and micaceous. The road is thickly strewed with loose limestones 

 and kankars. 



Little mica slate occurs in the low ground, except passing into or 

 intimately connected with micaceous limestone. 



Specimens C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, were taken from 

 the immediate vicinity of the road, and their positions are so confused 

 and intricate that I could not attempt to describe the order in which they 

 are arranged. Granular limestone and mica slate appear to form the 

 main rocks, but the whole are intimately blended together and alter- 

 nately passing into each other. 



No. 2 apparently composes the entire mass of two or three low hills. 

 Nos. 3 and 4 form some undulating land near No. 2. On the E. of the 

 road near these rocks are abundant specimens of a greenstone rock, in 



* See notice of specimens of the same coal received from Captain Ouseley. Journ. 

 As. Soc. vol. ii. p. 435. 

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