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as that rock is throughout its length and breadth ; the trap, the 

 obvious cause of the local change in the gypsum, being regarded by 

 Dr. Fleming as an " altered sandstone or clay" 



This is the trap, fragments of which are previously described as 

 occurring in the marl. I have only observed them at Kiura, in the 

 ravine between Mr. Wright's house and the Snj walla mine, and in a 

 breccia of red marl and gypsum near the same place, seemingly 

 produced by the intrusion of the main body of trap in the Kiura 

 gorge. 



P. S. — For the following notes I am indebted to the kindness of 

 Dr. Falconer, who took the trouble to examine a small collection of 

 fossils from near Jalalpur and Lehri, the result of which, as here 

 given, being of considerable interest, and going far to establish the 

 identity of the Trans-Indus tertiaries and those of the Salt Eange 

 with the far-famed Sewalik beds. Two points are especially curious ; 

 the perfectness of single teeth and small bones, and the usually 

 sharp fracture of the larger bones, together with their rather local 

 abundance ; and the total absence or great scarcity of the remains 

 of carnivorous animals. 



" Notes of some fossils from near Lehri and Jalalpur— Salt Range, 



Punjab. 



The fossils are for the most part small fragments ; the edges are 

 generally sharp, and the most of them are in the ordinary mineral 

 condition of Sewalik-Hill specimens, occuring in a sandstone matrix 

 and impregnated with lime. Some of them adhere to the tongue, 

 besides ivory tusks. 



Many of the specimens are, from their fragmentary condition, 

 indeterminable. The following is a rough list of what could readily 

 be made out. 



PACHYDEKMATA. 

 Peoboscidia. 

 Mephas. — A plate of a worn molar ; species indeterminable, but 

 probably E. Hysudricus. 



Mastodon. — 2 specimens of molar ridges of the Elaphantoid or 

 Stegodon group ; species indeterminable. 



