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observe near Banda, a small Zyarut up the ravine above Ladoo, 
some very fine beds of limestone of which the following is the 
section. 
Proceeding from the bottom of the ravine up the side of the spur 
we find. 
1. Slates, so much decayed and broken that it is impossible to see their 
dip and strike. They are identical with those “which we have seen inter- 
bedded with volcanic ash and agglomerate in the Tukt-i-Suliman and the 
Zebanwan, and they are very extensively developed in the Wastarwan, They 
are, aS we have seen, more or less metamorphosed, often slightly amygdaloidal 
and always devoid of organisms, 0.000 900 900 406 000 044 Ode HHDDG0 butiodu coo doo WEIR Wau. 
2. Augitic ash, very cer ane dees being filled sometimes with 
dark augite, sometimes with bluish-white opalescent quartz. It strikes N. W. 
by W. and dips north-easterly, About ..,....c..cececrserevscereesecseesee 20 fb, 
3. Trachyte, sparingly amygdaloidal ; coloured brown outside by 
AE OT ces safsl- le scoeeeonocon dM) dite 
A, Pre orshocca de foliated, foie eee ncosoones » AQ), dre 
Dem Compacusbasaliss Menskas Mr is oun tamareurena ser eascoe ae cossamaseeaeeses f4uumehess 
The debris of voleanic rocks form a yas et over ‘the basalt ; but this bed 
is very irregular and lenticular, The basalt is replaced in some places along 
the strike by a dull, light-olive-coloured laterite or baked clay, about one foot 
thick, 
6. Quartzite, sometimes pure, opaque, white; often translucent, bluish or 
smoky ; never crystalline. It gradually invades the laterite mentioned above, 
and forms ribands of dull olive and pure white quartz, pooch 
7, Zeeawan limestone with usual fossils; dips N. 15°, ............ 40 ft. 
SOA CE Ay ATM TO Wil SAT ES ane cracls sisettasleto sigielain vitiantordeureinnieeteleate wwtiierac’e 10 ft. 
9. Fine blue clay-slate; calcareous and breaking in large thin slates. It 
contains no fossils, ......... EGO SRHOROHOBH ER DInSe SE BRCR EEE ICBO CIC ODBAA MRcCEeRere 10 ft. 
Extensive old quarries remain here, showing how fine and free 
a limestone the Zeeawan bed can give, when quarried in portions of 
rock which are not weathered. The quarries are far from exhausted, 
or rather the amount removed is insignificant compared to what 
remains ; blocks of any size and very sound could now be procured 
easily from the old quarries. It is a great pity that the Maharajah’s 
government do not work this and other quarries for the limestone they 
want, instead of destroying the interesting Buddhist ruins which 
cover the valley, especially as the style of architecture now in favour 
in Kashmir is perfectly hideous. 
