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has a general dip to the N. E., whilst on the western aspect of the 

 hill its dip is generally westerly. There is therefore a sort of 

 anticlinal towards the centre of the hill, following a direction from 

 the N. W. to the S. E. We have seen how this anticlinal affects the 

 limestone at Reechpoora, a locality which happens to be at the end 

 of it. 



42. The next mountain we meet, travelling towards the S. E. 

 along the banks of the Jheelum, is the Kamlawan (8601) which 

 terminates over the village of Murhamma. The mountain is com- 

 posed, like the Zebanwan and the Wastarwan, of volcanic rocks. 

 Melted rocks predominate in the centre of the system, whilst 

 ash and laterite compose, in a great part, the most extended spurs. 

 Slate is intermixed with the beds of volcanic cinders, and over 

 these carboniferous limestone rests conformably. But the limestone 

 of the Kamlawan appears to have been extensively denuded, and is 

 only found in a small bed which makes but little show. The follow- 

 ing is a section of the spur immediately over Murhamma. Direction 

 of the spur N.— S. Strike E. S. E.— W. N. W. ; dip S. S. W. 

 (See PI. 11. Section D.) 



1. Trachy-dolerite, coarse and dark, here and there amygdaloidal ; it has 

 large joints regularly disposed, at right angles to the stratification and yawn- 

 ing, giving it a somewhat columnar aspect. This bed appears to extend from 

 the top of the hill, to the beginning of the spur now under consideration. It 

 is of very great thickness, and, making allowance for faults, it cannot be less 

 than 2000 feet. 



2. Baked clay-stone or compact laterite, grey, smooth, much jointed ; it 

 dips S. S. W. 70°. It has a thickness of about 200 ft. 



3. Limestone, crystalline, coarse and metamorphosed. It contains a few frag- 

 ments of fossils, not recognizable and mostly transformed into spar, 3 ft. 



A fault, 



4. Grey laterite or baked clay, like No. 2, 200 ft. 



5. Amygdaloid, 20 ft. 



6. Sandstone, or perhaps volcanic dust-stone j no fossils, 5 ft. 



7. Coarse grit of rounded grains. 



8. Basalt, fine and dark brown. The beds 7 and 8 are together 150 ft. 



9. Sandstone or duststone, like 6, 5 ft. 



10. Beds covered with grass and earth. Pieces of white quartzite and 

 rotten ash seen amongst the grass, 100 ft. 



11. Limestone of the Zeeawan group with Produ&tidce, Fenestellida, 



