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b. Brown foetid limestone, full of a transverse species of a plaited Spiri- 

 ferina and a globular T&rebratula. It is probably a lenticular bed, and takes 

 the place of the Spirifer bed noted above, , 3 ft. 



c. Limestone like a. 



The end of this spur is cut by a transverse fault in the same manner 

 as we have seen in the preceding spurs. The cut off beds are much 

 disturbed, being vertical at the tops of the ridge, and dipping N. E. at 

 high angles along the slope. 



Beyond this is I have not examined this fine section of the lime- 

 stone of Kashmir. I was never allowed to visit it again, as I was 

 suddenly ordered away from Srinuggur, my professional services being 

 required elsewhere. Had I had time, I intended to follow the section 

 across the range into Nawan and down to the bottom of the Harrah 

 Valley. 



30. From the brow of the last spur which I have visited, a fine 

 view is obtained of the next spur, which is remarkable for a great 

 twist of the strata which compose it. The limestone is extremely 

 white and resembles chalk-cliffs at a distance. We shall, however, 

 see this white limestone at Manus Bal, and find that it is probably 

 a portion of the Weean bed altered by heat. We shall find it similarly 

 altered at Islamabad. 



The whole mass of hills of Nawan appears to be limestone. The 

 summits of Boorwaz and Batgool appear behind the range, present- 

 ing high rugged peaks of porphyry. To our right, the limestone 

 forms a small chain which advances for some miles into the Pampur 

 valley, and behind this chain a long line of mountains, also entirely 

 composed of limestone, runs N. — S. to join the Wastarwan. (See 

 maps B. and C.) 



31. The little chain which descends into the Pampur valley 

 terminates over the village of Weean. At its extremity, the Weean 

 limestone, or middle bed of carboniferous limestone of Kashmir, is 

 well developed, and we will now proceed to examine this locality. 

 It is, to me, the classical ground of the Weean limestone, as the 

 Zeeawan spur is that of the Zeeawan Bed. 



