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Geological Section of the Nerbudda 



[Aug. 



edge, No. 5, the river here being narrowedby these rocks, forms a rapid ; 

 Nos. 5 and 6, shelving down on each side. On the left bank, a rocky 

 platform of considerable width rises from the water, at an angle of about 

 30° to the top of the bank, the strata running as before, consisting of 

 Nos. 6, 7, 8, in places traversed by quartz 9 in contact with 8, 10 in large 

 masses, 11 overlaying 10, some eight or ten inches thick ; after this to 

 the top of the bank, 10 is seen traversed with much quartz varying from 

 a line to considerable thickness. 



About two miles, in a north-westerly direction, is the town of Chawur- 

 puthur, with a low range of hills at the back of it ; the stratification 

 of which is nearly vertical, (Ch. 1,) running in a north-east to south-west 

 direction. I traced it down towards the river, where in a nala it changes 

 to Ch. 2, and then into Ch. 3, forming a ledge of rocks that cross the 

 river at Ram Ghat, and at this point terminate my observations. 



N. B. In the construction of the accompanying map, those places 

 written in capitals are laid down from a map of this agency, sent up 

 from the Surveyor's General's Office, on a scale of eight miles to an inch 

 and this is just half the size. The Tek, a station of the G. T. S. is laid 

 down at per As. Journ. for February last, p. 7, but not according to 

 the map appended, which I know to be erroneous*. The six peaks and 

 the Tek are all very conspicuous from the valley of the Nerbudda ; those 

 two near Futtehpoor, named Chutair and Dourea, are nothing in height 

 compared to the others, probably not so high by 2000 feet ; but close 

 to the valley they look high. Choura overtops all, and is probably not 

 less than 5000 feet above the sea. 



Segouni near to Umuria, is the village close to which the fossil bones 

 were discovered, as described in the As. Journ. for November, 1833. 



List of Specimens alluded to in the above paper. 

 From the insulated hill near TendukhM. 



T 1 Silicio -calcareous conglomerate, 



tinged with lithomarge . 



T 1 a More compact, silicious limestone. 



T 2 Columnar basalt. 



T 3 Same as T 1. 



From Beltari, 



S C. A pebble conglomerate with cal- 

 careous cement, same as that of 

 Brimhan ghat. 



Fossil upper jaw of a horse found 

 imbedded in it. 



Bel. 2 nodule of kankar. 

 Low Hills South of the Nerbudda. 

 BHl Silicious jasper conglomerate, with 

 Quartz veins. 



Khyrie Hot-springs. 

 Calcareous basalt efferversing in 

 acids, and leaving green wacken? 

 K 2 Vein of calcareous spar in do. 

 K 3 Silicious limestone like T 1 a. 

 K 4 Stratified calcareous sandstone. 

 K 5 Columnar basalt. 



B H2 



K 1 



* On referring to the map in question, we find that our lithographist has made 

 a mistake of ten miles in laying down the position of the Tek station, as compared 

 with the table of Lats. and Longs, in page 70. The map was compiled from two 

 fcketch maps by different officers, which differed in scale and in the position of man 

 of the principal places. — Ed. 



