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military sense, as an important point on a line of communication, 

 than in a mountaineer's sense as equivalent to col. 



Similarly, near the vale of Khanpoor, the last dying remnants of 

 the folds in the Nummulitic limestone appear as long low limestone 

 mounds parallel to the general strike of the country, and almost 

 covered in by the recent river accumulations of the Hurroh. 



South-west of the Serh hill the Hurroh river takes a great turn to 

 A few sections near tne north-west, and then again to the south- 

 Hassan Abdal. west, in the direction of Hassan Abdal. Be- 

 tween the latter place and Serh, there occur a few scattered hills, 

 including those at Hassan Abdal, which, although really lying outside 

 Hazara, may merit a few remarks since they occur along the railway 

 route and cannot fail to attract the attention of any dne visiting 

 the district of Hazara. Wynne has inserted their geology on his 

 unfinished map. 



The temple-crowned hill stretching away east from the town of 

 Hassan Abdal is shewn in section, fig. 34. 



N.E. 



s.w. 



Fig. 34- 



d — Nummulitic limestone. 



c — Variegated sandstone. 



b — Pisolitic iron-ore. 



a — Trias limestone, well bedded. 



An undulating anticlinal and synclinal fold are well seen. The 

 Nummulitic limestone dipping north-east on the left of the section 

 continues to form the north-eastern side of the hill the rest of the 

 way to the point where the railway cuts across the strike on its way 

 to Kala Serai. The Trias is extremely well bedded and weathers 



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