170 Myr. Verchére on the Geology of Kashmir, [No. 3, 
A small bivalve, giving on section the appearance of a pair of 
spectacles is also found, but I never could detect the shell entire, 
although it is often the only fossil to be discovered. 
33. But tothe positive evidence afforded by these fossils, we 
must add the negative evidence: I mean we must remember that 
this is a bed of carboniferous limestone, and that notwithstanding 
we have no examples of the genera Productus, Orthis, Euomphalus 
Bellerophon, and Orthoceratites, and that there are no large Spirifere or 
Fenestellides. Neither have we the Gasteropods and Cyathophyllides 
which characterise the uppermost or Kothair bed, more by their 
number and variety, than by any species well defined by me. Iam 
anxious to insist on the absence in the Weean group of these fossils, 
which are generally regarded as eminently carboniferous, because 
it has been found difficult to determine the age of rocks belonging 
to the Weean bed, when seen apart from the Zeeawan Bed; thus 
the limestone of Manus Bal, which belongs to the Weean group, has 
been twice reported to be nummulitic. 
34. The next mountain to examine is the Wastarwan. It is 
a fine hill, its summits rising above Avantipoor, a small city on the 
Jheelum celebrated for its Buddhist ruins. An inspection of the 
map will be better than any description I can give of the position and 
relations of this mountain. It is a centre of elevation, with spurs 
descending in all directions, like the spokes of a wheel. I never 
ascended it, but I travelled along its northern and its western sides, 
and the following is a description of what I saw. 
Section from Reechpoora towards the LH. as far as longitude 73° 5’. 
across the northern spurs of the Wastarwan : (See Map C.) 
The spur which descends to near Reechpoora is entirely composed 
of Zeeawan limestone with the characteristic fossils. The bed forms 
a sharp anticlinal of which the two arms slope or dip N. HE. and 8S. W. 
respectively, striking N. W. to 8. HE. The beds of limestone inwrap 
the end of the spur, the layers seen above the little Buddhist 
ruin dipping nearly due N. The anticlinal is so sharp that the 
courses of rock have separated, and caves, now converted into holy 
quarters for afew fakirs, are to be observed on both sides of the 
anticlinal. 
35. Proceeding eastwards, after crossing the bed of a stream, we 
