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  In 
  this 
  south-eastern 
  area 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  good 
  section 
  exposed 
  anywhere, 
  

   and 
  the 
  country, 
  having 
  a 
  fairly 
  rich 
  soil, 
  is 
  mostly 
  

   under 
  cultivation. 
  The 
  streams 
  are 
  all 
  shallow, 
  

   with 
  only 
  short 
  and 
  well-separated 
  outcrops 
  of 
  nearly 
  horizontal 
  marls, 
  

   shales 
  (some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  gypsiferous;, 
  clays, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  ferruginous 
  con- 
  

   glomeratic 
  deposits, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  indeed 
  be 
  only 
  superficial 
  and 
  of 
  

   more 
  recent 
  age. 
  This 
  is 
  more 
  particularly 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  area 
  towards 
  Bhavnagar. 
  

  

  About 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  Akwara 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Bhavnagar, 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  

  

  Fossiliferous 
  conglo- 
  stream-course, 
  a 
  rusty 
  conglomerate 
  of 
  clay 
  pel- 
  

  

  nierate 
  near 
  Akwara. 
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  agates, 
  passes 
  down 
  into 
  a 
  soft 
  

  

  marly 
  rock, 
  bearing 
  crystals 
  of 
  gypsum. 
  Marine 
  fossils 
  are 
  rather 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  in 
  these 
  beds; 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  spines 
  of 
  Echinus 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  

   weathered 
  surface, 
  together 
  with 
  fragments 
  of 
  Pecten, 
  Ostrea, 
  and 
  a 
  buc- 
  

   cinoid 
  shell 
  resembling 
  Voluta 
  jugora, 
  but 
  too 
  poorly 
  preserved 
  to 
  be 
  

   identified 
  ; 
  also, 
  a 
  reptilian 
  tooth, 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  molar 
  of 
  Mastodon, 
  a 
  

   small 
  encrusting 
  coral, 
  and 
  bryozoa. 
  Bored 
  clay 
  pebbles 
  also 
  occur 
  in 
  

   the 
  conglomerate. 
  

  

  Similar 
  marine 
  fossils 
  were 
  also 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Bhumbhli 
  

   (3 
  miles 
  from 
  Grogha), 
  at 
  the 
  tank 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  village, 
  in 
  cross- 
  

   bedded 
  coarse 
  sandy, 
  and 
  hard 
  calcareous 
  grit; 
  this 
  rock 
  also 
  encloses 
  

   small 
  agates 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  traps. 
  The 
  fossils 
  include 
  Pecten, 
  Ostrea, 
  

   spines 
  of 
  Echinus, 
  and 
  a 
  shark's 
  tooth, 
  besides 
  others 
  not 
  determined. 
  

   This 
  grit 
  rests, 
  with 
  slight 
  unconformity, 
  upon 
  clay 
  shale, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  exposed. 
  

  

  Further 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  in 
  the 
  stream-course 
  above 
  Rampur, 
  a 
  strong 
  

   Agatiferous 
  conglo- 
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  ferruginous 
  and 
  agatiferous 
  conglomerate, 
  

   merate 
  - 
  or 
  coarse 
  grit, 
  rests 
  on 
  bluish-grey 
  clay-shale 
  ; 
  be- 
  

  

  low 
  which 
  come 
  rusty 
  sandy 
  grits, 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  Bhumbhli 
  

   tank. 
  They 
  vary 
  much 
  in 
  texture, 
  even 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   bed 
  ; 
  and 
  contain 
  layers 
  of 
  purple 
  mottled 
  clay. 
  

  

  At 
  Kharaslia, 
  a 
  village 
  between 
  seven 
  and 
  eight 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  

   Bhumbhli, 
  the 
  agatiferous 
  conglomerate 
  is 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  little 
  fall 
  in 
  the 
  

  

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