US Geological features of BhoolanVooars. [No. 2, 



j. necessarily often hidden, and interesting and important beds are 



I! overiooked on a hurried scramble ttaUgh the country The 



W where I first noticed the absence of the nsnal sandstone forma- 



Z —nding to the lowest Siwalik formations, so srmuar m 



Si Withal a like position in the Deyrah Dhoon, was near 

 every waj ^ ^ heve j on i y 



t Un tli:t aetJC 1 7d boulders, cprite a fluviatile deposit 



t * -lau hWins gradually with them into a clay countiy clotliecl 

 S^L^-.eM^ to the Tsakamchn, 

 "te-e towards Sipchn, the beds of two large streams are crossed 

 11 fte Nurchu and Mochu. Between these drainage hues the road 

 -Her a .ha* ar ^ from the J*^^ 



^SSh~t^eLea t - .^^ 

 courses of streams which are below those south of Dal mgkot 

 finally increase as the longitudinal depression of the Jholdak r 

 approached, so that on and about the Mochu, the conglomerate cltffs 

 rise in fine proportions, the upper level surface of the terrraces bemg 

 constant. But I must remark here that this is far below the Inghe 

 level of like beds on the west of the Jholdaka or Dechu, shewmg that 

 these last have suffered the effects of denudation t< , . to extent 

 unless in the instance of conglomerates on the Nu.chu and 

 M I; we are to suppose them to be later fluviatile deposrts o hos 

 rivers A very characteristic feature of the country in tins part of 

 Dooar's is the very sudden termination of these gravels and clays a 

 iTsis miles from the base of the hills in a more or less abr.pt 

 pruning east and west; this outer boundary rise, Inghe , ha» 

 ^f the intervening ground between it and the hrUs 0J£ j 

 deeply cut into by ravines and covered with dense jungle and forest) 



