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  FEDDEN 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  KATH1AWAR 
  PENINSULA 
  IN 
  GUZERAT. 
  

  

  inches. 
  But 
  the 
  amount 
  varies 
  rather 
  considerably 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  province 
  : 
  at 
  Gogha 
  (Gogo) 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  the 
  rainfall 
  is 
  seldom 
  

   more 
  than 
  20 
  and 
  often 
  as 
  little 
  as 
  12 
  inches. 
  The 
  register 
  at 
  Bliav- 
  

   nagar 
  for 
  ten 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  1878 
  shows 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  26*35 
  inches 
  per 
  

   annum. 
  

  

  The 
  province 
  is 
  agriculturally 
  wealthy; 
  the 
  soil, 
  though 
  not 
  of 
  ex- 
  

   Soil 
  and 
  vegetable 
  pro- 
  ^ordinary 
  fertility, 
  being 
  generally 
  of 
  fair 
  quality 
  

   ducts 
  - 
  and 
  amply 
  watered. 
  The 
  principal 
  vegetable 
  pro- 
  

  

  ducts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  are 
  cotton 
  1 
  ' 
  kapas 
  ' 
  ( 
  Gossgpium 
  /terbacetcm), 
  c 
  bajri 
  ' 
  

   (Penicillariaspicata),a,nd. 
  c 
  juwar 
  ' 
  (Sorghum 
  vulgar 
  e) 
  9 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  

   sugar-cane 
  f 
  serdi' 
  (SaccJiariim 
  officinarum), 
  wheat 
  ' 
  ghau' 
  [Triticum 
  

   (Bstivum) 
  , 
  rice 
  ( 
  dangar 
  ' 
  ( 
  Oryza 
  saliva), 
  gram 
  ' 
  chana 
  ' 
  (Cicer 
  arietinum) 
  , 
  

   1 
  math 
  ' 
  [Pliaseoliis 
  aconitifolius), 
  and 
  oil 
  seed 
  'tal' 
  (Sesamum 
  indicum). 
  

  

  The 
  wild 
  animals 
  include 
  the 
  lion 
  (now 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Gir 
  range 
  only, 
  

  

  but 
  formerly 
  in 
  the 
  Barda 
  hills 
  also), 
  panther, 
  

  

  cheetah, 
  nylgai, 
  sambar, 
  antelope, 
  gazelle, 
  hog, 
  

  

  hyena, 
  wolf, 
  jackal, 
  lynx, 
  wild 
  cat, 
  fox, 
  porcupine, 
  and 
  other 
  smaller 
  

  

  vermin 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  crocodile 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  streams. 
  

  

  Of 
  birds, 
  wild 
  duck 
  and 
  game 
  birds 
  are 
  plentiful 
  in 
  those 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  suited 
  to 
  them, 
  together 
  with 
  numerous 
  storks, 
  cranes, 
  and 
  

   pelicans. 
  The 
  great 
  Indian 
  bustard 
  (JEupodoiis 
  edwardsi, 
  Gray) 
  is 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  the 
  plains. 
  

  

  Previous 
  geological 
  writers. 
  — 
  There 
  is 
  scarcely 
  anything 
  authentic 
  on 
  

   record 
  regarding 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula 
  itself 
  : 
  the 
  little 
  island 
  of 
  

   Piram 
  (Perim), 
  off 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  has 
  however 
  frequently 
  received 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  since 
  the 
  discovery 
  in 
  1836 
  of 
  quantities 
  of 
  fossil 
  bones 
  and 
  wood 
  

   on 
  the 
  reef 
  surrounding 
  the 
  islet. 
  The 
  earliest 
  announcement 
  of 
  this 
  

   discovery 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  dated 
  April 
  1836, 
  by 
  

   Baron 
  Carl 
  von 
  Hugel 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Asiatic 
  Society 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  May 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society's 
  Journal 
  for 
  that 
  year. 
  Baron 
  Hugel 
  states 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Lush, 
  who 
  

   showed 
  the 
  first 
  specimens 
  to 
  him, 
  has 
  the 
  merit 
  of 
  the 
  discovery. 
  At 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  cotton 
  annually 
  exported 
  supplies 
  one-sixth 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  cotton 
  shipped 
  

   from 
  Bombay 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries. 
  

  

  ( 
  ™ 
  ) 
  

  

  