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Geological Report on a portion of the Beloochistan Hills. 



By Capt. N. Vickary. 



[Communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, G.C.S., F.G.S.] 



The hill country visited extends from Shahpoor on the western side 

 to Goojeroo on the east, a distance of about ninety miles, and from 

 the sandstone range, bordering the Desert, to the Murray Hills, in a 

 northerly direction about fifty miles. The strike, and the direction 

 of the ranges and of the valleys is nearly east and west, and the mean 

 dip of the beds southerly. 



There are seven parallel ranges of mountains gradually increasing 

 in height from the low sandstone range bordering the Desert to the 

 Murray Hills, the most northern point visited. The low sandstone 

 range bordering the Desert was scarcely touched upon, but from its 

 appearance I conclude that it does not differ in structure from the 

 second sandstone range ; it dies away towards the west, but appeared 

 to extend in an easterly direction as far as the eye could reach. 



The second sandstone range in which the Jullock, Gundava, and 

 other passes are situated, extends also to an unknown distance in an 

 easterly direction, but towards the west, near Shahpoor, it approaches 

 and eventually abuts upon the first limestone range. 



North. 



Section from Murray Hills to The Desert. 



South. 



No 7. Conglomerate of Deyrah Valley. 

 6. Sandstones and clays. 

 5. Bone gravel. 

 4. Conglomerate. 



No. 3. Sandstone of second range. 

 2. Sandstone of first range. 

 1. Nummulitic limestone. 



I annex a section running nearly north and south, that is, at right 

 angles to the direction of the mountain ranges, and along the pitch 

 of the strata. It is drawn up from memory, and though not exactly 

 correct, is sufficiently near the truth. 



