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27. Slate, fissile. It differs from the preceding by decaying much more 
quickly by exposure, the whole bed being covered by small débris. It dips 
W. on its western side, and WH. on the eastern, whilst the centre of the fold is 
zigzageed .. Baeah DEAR oca alec oaeieseina vce ssinret ese OO Us 
28. Slate, oe. a foie ee don sccons Age Siac Oneor aO THs 
29. Slaty shale, grey and dark, dipping Ww. a ee dee ees N. at an angle 
of 55°. Itis continued (underneath) by coarser shales which form an anti- 
clinal (not easily seen on account of débris and of the decayed state of the 
shale). On the other side of the anticlinal the dip is nearly due H, 60°. The 
extent of outcrops of this layer (not its thickness) is about...... 5 to 600 ft. 
30. Metamorphosed slate, fissile and greyish blue ; much jointed ; the joints 
are yawning, sometimes a foot apart; they strike W. H, vertically. The stra- 
tification dips H. S. H. with an angle of 50°, but that is much falsified by the 
stratum inwrapping the end of the spur. This bed presents in its middle, 
thin layers as follows : 
a. Soft, yellow quartzose sandstone, nearly friable, 8 inches. 6b, Dirty 
quartzite, 8 inches. bb. Do. with veins of pure white opaque quartz, 1 foot. 
ce. A nard, brown, baked quartzose with spreading veins of quartz, 6 inches. 
Total 3 feet. The whole outcrop of the bed (not its thickness) is about 130 ft. 
Here ends the Tukt-i-Suliman, and between this hill and the foot 
of the W. N. W. spur of the Zebanwan passes the road from Srina- 
gar to the Nishat Bagh. (Sect. A). 
The W. N. W. Spur of the Zebanwan. Ascending this spur in the 
continuation of the section, we have the following beds :— 
1. Slate more or less laminated, with large yawning joints striking W—H. 
The stratification is well shown by the colouring of the slate; it dips W. 45°; 
inwrapping the end of the spur. 
It may be here remarked, that the beds of slate, ash and fogsili- 
ferous rocks nearly always present. this inwrapping arrangement 
at the end of spurs and when they cross a spur; it appears that 
these beds had plasticity enough to bend all round when upheaved by 
inferior rocks. A fine example of this inwrapping arrangement is 
seen in the limestone which terminates the spur of the Zebanwan 
over the village of Zeeawan: the limestone, in endeavouring to 
arrange itself around the band of volcanic rock which upheaved it, 
has split into slices from 5 to 15 feet thick, diverging like an open 
fan. (Sect. C). 
To come back to our section, the slate has a tendency to break into 
prismatic pieces, and the joint-surfaces are coated with a yellowish or 
