1834.] Nerbudda valley from Tendukh^ri southwards. 389 



to within some 50 or 60 feet of the summit where the columns T 2 are 

 found. On coming to which, one would almost fancy that some vast tem- 

 ple had been thrown down by an earthquake. At the very top T 3 

 was lying— (see PI. XXIII. fig. 1.) 



From this hill to Beltari Ghat, on the Nerbudda, is a distance of about 

 10 miles, the first part of the road much intersected by ravines of the 

 Baranj, a considerable nala rising in the hills north of Tendukheri ; after 

 which is the black alluvial soil of the valley, until you approach the 

 Nerbudda. About a mile to the east of Beltari, in a water-course of one of 

 the ravines I obtained the accompanying fossil remains*, the matrix of 

 which is (S C Bel) a conglomerate, very similar to the one forwarded with 

 the fossils from Segouni, on the Omar nadi near Umaria. This conglomerate 

 forms also the bed of the river at this Ghat (Bel. 1.) butis so friable and 

 little coherent that it is difficult to procure a specimen ; it is also accom- 

 panied by the same nodules, (vide Bel. 2.) 



On crossing the Nerbudda, about a mile inland, in a south-east direc- 

 tion, a low detached range of hills, some four orfive miles in extent, rising 

 to the highest perhaps 200 feet, is met with B H 1 ; first occurring at the 

 bottom of a ravine distant some 2 or 300 yards from the range : the stra- 

 ta running nearly east and west, with veins of quartz (B H 2) traversing 

 in the same direction, varying from aline to upwards of two inches breadth. 

 Near is seen the same conglomerate (S C Bel.) of the opposite side of 

 the river, and which appears to me to be spread over a considerable 

 extent of country, if it be the same as mentioned by Captain Franklin, 

 as occurring at Janee Ghat. I have found it in several places along the 

 course of the Nerbudda, as far as Hoshungabad, and one specimen I 

 picked up in the bed of the Duhi, near Gurawara proper. 



From this low range toFuttehpoor, the country presents no particular 

 feature for the geologist. Near all the rivers, and nalas, ravines abound : 

 generally a light soil mixed with kankar, on which is grownf cotton, 

 kodo, urhur, juwar, and rain crops. At a greater or less distance from 

 the ravines, the rich black soil of the valley prevails, fitted for gram, 

 wheat, and rubee crops in general. 



As from this point I proceeded to visit one of the hot-springs, I shall 

 here insert my remarks on the westernmost of them. 



It is situated some 14 miles, in a westerly direction from Futtehpoor, 

 about four miles in a S. S. E. one from the village of Kyrie, be- 

 longing to Lala Thakur. A short distance before reaching the spring, 



* The upper jaw of a horse. — Ed. 



T My observation does not accord with that of Lieut. Miles', (p. 65 of your 

 Journal.) Great quantities are grown on the banks of the Heren and Nerbudda, but 

 in soil as described above. 



