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Geological features of Bunnoo. 



[No. 4, 



in the conglomerate being rounded. In these layers species of Palu- 

 dina, Planorbis, Limnea, &c. are found. The Koorum river enters 

 the valley at its northern extremity through the Caubul Kheyl Wu- 

 zeeree hills ; the Gombelah through the same hills, but more to the 

 west. The latter unites with the former below Lukkie, and the 

 Koorum thus enlarged, finally empties itself into the Indus below 

 Esau Kheyl. It is not improbable, that the Bunnoo Valley was once 

 a lake ; and that the two rivers were the feeders of this lake ; which 

 probably, finally became emptied by the water gradually cutting its 

 way through the pass in the Khattuck hills, through which the 

 Koorum now runs to join the Indus. Between the southern face of the 

 sandstone hills, (to the east of Shaikh Boodeen),and the Indus is another 

 range called the Betote range ; and the intervening valley is called 

 the Lagee Valley, at the mouth of which is the village of Punnialla. 



This Betote range appears to be of the same composition as Shaikh 

 Boodeen ; at its upper portion at all events. From this upper portion, 

 good limestone is also procured, and fossils of the same kind as on the 

 upper portions of Shaikh Boodeen are I believe, found on it. Prom the 

 middle and lower portions the following fossil shells have been procured 

 • — a' good number by myself: — Inoceramus sulcatus, Lima Cardiiformis, 

 JProducta horrida, Producta semireticulata, Spirifer striata, Calceola 

 sandalina, Uncites gryphus ; and fossil Corals — Syringopora ramu- 

 losa, and Lithodendron irregulare* These fossils with some others, are 

 among those which will be made over to Captain Stubbs, E. H. A. 



# The author is responsible for these and other identifications. — Eds, 



