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VII. — Note on the occurrence of Fossil Bones in the Sewalik Range, 

 eastward of Hardwar. By H. Falconer, M. D., Superintendent 

 Botanical Garden, Seharanpur. 



[See Proceedings As. Soc. 5th April.] 



The Sewalik fossils have hitherto been found chiefly on the tract 

 between the Jumna and Sutlej, and more sparingly in the clay marl 

 between the Jumna and Ganges. There is no apparent reason why 

 they should not be found in abundance in the protraction of the 

 range which stretches eastward of the Ganges behind Rohilkhand and 

 Oude. But it is of some interest to ascertain the fact in unexplored 

 parts of the range, where they do exist, and where they do not. The 

 fossils mentioned in the following list have been collected near 

 Hardwar and in the low hills eastward of the Ganges, which skirt 

 the province of Ketnaon. The list contains nothing new : but it 

 proves the occurrence of fossils where they had not been found be- 

 fore, and increases the probability of finding them still further to 

 the eastward : 



Mastodon Elephantoides — molars . 



Rhinoceros — molars. 



Hippopotamus Sivalensis — molars and tusks. 



Hog — fragments of jaws with teeth. 



Horse — molars. 



Ox — teeth and other bones. 



Deer of several sizes — jaws, teeth, astragali, horns, &c. 



Crocodiles — Garial, "1 several fragments of jaws, teeth, and buckler 

 Magar, j plates. 



Tortoises — Emys, "1 



Trionyx, > numerous fragments. 

 Testudo, J 



Coprolites. 



This list comprises a large part of the species found westward of 

 the Jumna. The specimens are generally broken up into small pieces, 

 greatly more so than in the Nahan tract. The largest fossil procured 

 has been the plastron of a testudo 1 7 inches long. The bones are 

 found in three states of fossilization, exactly resembling those from 

 the westward of the Jumna ; viz. 



1st. The " soft" fossil ; the animal matter removed, but the 

 earthy constituents of the bones unaltered, and slowly soluble in 

 diluted muriatic acid : occurring in beds of clay, and the cavities of 

 the bones filled with the matrix. The specimens of this variety are 

 very few. 



