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  the 
  metamorphics, 
  and 
  running 
  in 
  an 
  east-west 
  direction 
  closely 
  parallel 
  

   with 
  their 
  strike. 
  South 
  of 
  Handia 
  (Hindia), 
  another 
  ridge 
  of 
  an 
  identical 
  

   rock 
  ; 
  and 
  running 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction 
  for 
  several 
  miles, 
  is 
  very 
  prominent. 
  

   Similar 
  ridges 
  occur 
  further 
  west, 
  and 
  form 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  

   feature 
  in 
  the 
  scenery 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  the 
  white 
  quartzite 
  covered 
  with 
  

   low 
  jungle 
  being 
  visible 
  from 
  long 
  distances. 
  The 
  rock 
  is 
  of 
  various 
  

   degrees 
  of 
  compactness 
  ; 
  but 
  generally 
  the 
  quartz 
  grains 
  are 
  readily 
  dis- 
  

   tinguishable 
  with 
  the 
  naked 
  eye. 
  The 
  quartzites 
  roll 
  about 
  a 
  great 
  deal. 
  

   But 
  the 
  true 
  dip 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  very 
  high. 
  South 
  of 
  Handia 
  the 
  gene- 
  

   ral 
  inclination 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  5° 
  to 
  S-30°-E. 
  But 
  8 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  

   south, 
  north 
  of 
  Puchola, 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  45° 
  and 
  directed 
  northward. 
  

   The 
  chief 
  quartzite 
  ranges, 
  as, 
  for 
  instance, 
  the 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  

   of 
  Handia, 
  mark 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  the 
  Bijawurs 
  and 
  the 
  metamor- 
  

   phics. 
  But 
  the 
  boundary 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  faulted, 
  and 
  the 
  rock 
  

   has 
  no 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  quartzites 
  — 
  hard, 
  fine-grained, 
  and 
  compact 
  — 
  

   which 
  we 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  see 
  along 
  important 
  fractures. 
  1 
  Indeed, 
  at 
  

   places 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  soft 
  and 
  unaltered, 
  as 
  at 
  Chirakhan 
  (Cheerakhan) 
  between 
  

   Juga 
  (Joga) 
  and 
  Handia, 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  extremely 
  difficult 
  to 
  distin- 
  

   guish 
  it 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  later 
  sandstones. 
  This 
  difficulty 
  is 
  increased 
  

   by 
  its 
  becoming 
  at 
  places 
  highly 
  conglomeratic. 
  

  

  The 
  pseudo- 
  quartzites 
  (or 
  rather 
  sandstones) 
  terminate 
  westward 
  at 
  

   Juga. 
  Opposite 
  this 
  place 
  in 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  Narbada, 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  

   well 
  seen. 
  They 
  pass 
  into 
  brownish 
  breccia 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  being 
  faulted 
  against 
  the 
  metamorphics. 
  The 
  dip 
  is 
  away 
  

   from 
  the 
  fault 
  25° 
  to 
  30° 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Mallet, 
  Mr. 
  Blanford 
  has 
  assigned 
  the 
  pecu- 
  

   liar 
  rocks 
  just 
  described 
  to 
  the 
  transition 
  series 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  but 
  

   little 
  doubt 
  that 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  right 
  place 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  are 
  limestone 
  and 
  breccia, 
  both 
  

   very 
  characteristic 
  rocks. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  usually 
  banded 
  with 
  chert 
  or 
  

   hornstone. 
  The 
  bands 
  increase 
  in 
  thickness 
  towards 
  the 
  surface 
  ; 
  and 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  rock 
  here 
  suggested 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  vein-stone, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  called 
  quartz-rock, 
  not 
  

   quartzite; 
  the 
  latter 
  term 
  being 
  usually 
  restricted 
  to 
  metaniorphic 
  sandstone. 
  — 
  H. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

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