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  grown 
  with 
  long, 
  almost 
  impenetrable, 
  grass. 
  1 
  A 
  few 
  yards 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   tank 
  limestone 
  with 
  fossil 
  shells 
  is 
  seen. 
  Its 
  exact 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  con- 
  

   glomerates 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  made 
  out. 
  The 
  limestone 
  is 
  overlaid 
  by 
  the 
  

   trap 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  the 
  basaltic 
  rocks 
  abut 
  against 
  it 
  ; 
  and 
  

   I 
  could 
  not 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  the 
  bed 
  in 
  question 
  was 
  inter- 
  or 
  infra- 
  

   trappean. 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  difficulty 
  a 
  little 
  further 
  south, 
  £ 
  miles 
  west 
  

   of 
  Punassa. 
  The 
  limestone 
  is 
  traceable 
  with 
  but 
  little 
  interruption 
  to 
  

   Pipri, 
  4 
  miles 
  south-west 
  of 
  this 
  town 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  road 
  a 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  

   east 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  it 
  is 
  clearly 
  seen 
  to 
  lie 
  between 
  the 
  traps, 
  and 
  has 
  

   therefore 
  been 
  mapped 
  as 
  " 
  inter-trap 
  pean 
  ; 
  " 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  unlikely 
  that 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  it 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  Lam 
  etas. 
  

  

  At 
  Akkund, 
  the 
  Gondwana 
  sandstone 
  passes 
  above, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  

   noticed 
  before, 
  into 
  calcareous 
  strata, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  of 
  pinkish 
  marls 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  containing 
  P/ij/sa 
  prinsepii 
  in 
  abundance. 
  The 
  trap 
  overlies 
  them 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  beds 
  are 
  unquestionably 
  inf 
  ra-trappean. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  instance 
  

   of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  fossils 
  in 
  the 
  Lametas 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  comprised 
  in 
  this 
  

   memoir. 
  

  

  At 
  Bowarla 
  (west 
  of 
  Mandu), 
  between 
  the 
  coralline 
  limestone 
  and 
  

   the 
  trap, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  pinkish 
  marl 
  not 
  unlike 
  the 
  rock 
  just 
  described, 
  which 
  

   is 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  Lameta 
  age. 
  

  

  But 
  it 
  is 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  Bag 
  that 
  the 
  Lametas 
  occur 
  in 
  great 
  

   force, 
  forming 
  a 
  flat, 
  high-level 
  tract 
  covered 
  with 
  thin, 
  low 
  jungle. 
  Of 
  

   hardly 
  sufficient 
  thickness 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  area 
  to 
  be 
  digni- 
  

   fied 
  with 
  any 
  distinct 
  appellation, 
  it 
  becomes 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  band 
  at 
  Kherli 
  

   and 
  Jogardi, 
  and 
  increases 
  in 
  thickness 
  further 
  west, 
  as 
  at 
  Indwan 
  and 
  

   Phata, 
  in 
  the 
  Hatni 
  valley. 
  The 
  maximum 
  thickness 
  would 
  be 
  about 
  

   40 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  20 
  feet. 
  Cherty 
  limestone, 
  usually 
  white, 
  but 
  

   sometimes 
  mottled, 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  constituent 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  South 
  of 
  

   Kawant 
  the 
  rock 
  is 
  coarsely 
  conglomeratic. 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  whole 
  country 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Narbada 
  between 
  the 
  Chhota 
  Tawa 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  

   the 
  Cavery 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  north 
  of 
  Punassa, 
  being 
  a 
  reserved 
  forest, 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  few 
  roads, 
  

   and 
  hardly 
  any 
  villages 
  or 
  encamping 
  grounds. 
  The 
  grass 
  (which 
  it 
  seems 
  is 
  not 
  allowed 
  

   to 
  be 
  cut 
  down, 
  except 
  along 
  what 
  are 
  called 
  " 
  lines") 
  was 
  too 
  long 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  rocks 
  to 
  

   be 
  observed 
  closely. 
  Fortunately, 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  chiefly 
  Viudhyan, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  outliers 
  

   of 
  the 
  Deccan 
  trap. 
  

  

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