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their present crude form till they can be checked by more extended 

 survey of the South Indian crystalline rocks. It should be remarked, 

 however, that bands of breccia are sometimes found with this N. by 

 E. direction near Salem, as well as in many other places in the Salem 

 district. 



Messrs. King and Foote l have called attention to the evident 

 connection between the main joint planes and the form of the hill 

 masses in this area. Wider observations will probably show some 

 connection between these directions and the leading foldings of 

 South India ; but the observations are still too few to permit safe 

 generalizations. 



1 Mem.) Geol. Surv., Ind., Vol. IV, p. 306. 



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