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 Kumaln, by C.S. Middlemiss, B.A. (Cantab.), Geo- 

 logical Survey of India. 



Page 



Chapter I. -Introductory 1 



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



HI.— Petrology iS 



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 Rivers, by Philip Lake, B.A., 

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



Introduction. 



Face 

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



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



Gkology of the Area. 



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



Intrusi.e Rocks ............ 15 



I.aterite 17 



Origin of Laterit* 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 



