VI CONTENTS. 



MAPS. 

 Map of the Southern coal-fields of the Gondwana basin :— Scale I inch =4 miles. 

 Map of the Chhindwara coal-fields :— Scale 1 inch = 1 mile. 



Art. 2.— Physical Geology of he Sub-Himalaya of Garhwal 

 and KUMAUN, by C.S. MiDDLEMlSS, B.A. (Cantab.), Geo- 

 logical Survey of India, 



Page 



Chapter I. — Introductory 1 



II. — Scenery and superficial aspects of the country; its flora and fauna 7 



III.— Petrology 18 



IV.— Distribution and stratigraphy ....... 30 



V. — General considerations . ....... 109 



VI.— General considerations — continued ...... 129 



Art. 3. — The Geology of South Malabar, between the Bey- 

 pore AND PONNANI RlVERS, by PHILIP LAKE, B.A., 

 F.G.S., Geological Survey of India. 



Introduction. 



Page 



Topography ............. 1 



Previous Observations . .......... 7 



Geology of the Area. 



Gneiss .............. 9 



Intrusive Rocks ............ 15 



Later ite .............17 



Origin of Laterite in Malabar ......... 29 



Recent Deposits . . . . . . . . . 33 



Recent Geological History of S. Malabar 35 



Economic Geology ........... 36 



Appendix. 

 Previous views on the Origin of Laterite ....... 39 



