SPECIMENS OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS and other 



IV. 



SPECIMENS 



OF THE 



HIPPOPOTAMUS AND OTHER FOSSIL GENERA 



OF THE 



SUB-HIMALAYAS 



IN THE DADUPUR COLLECTION. 



By Lieutenant H. M. DURAND, 



ENGINEERS. 



The discovery of the existence of fossil organic remains in the vicinity of 

 the village of Rayawdla and in the 3Iara7canda pass, has led to the examina- 

 tion of the tract of tertiary hills lying between the river Jumna and Pinjor. 

 From different parts of the line specimens have been obtained, and the fact 

 of its richness in such relics fully established. 



The greater number of the specimens in the Dddupur collection are 

 from the hills lying between the Marakanda pass and Pinjor the calca- 

 reous sandstone prevalent in these formations has usually afforded them ; 

 an exception however occurs in the neighbourhood of DndgeJi7\ when the 

 matrix, instead of sandstone, is a red indurated marl in which not only the 

 remains of mammalia and reptilia are found, but those of mollusca also. 

 The native collector reported them to occur together, and along with the 

 shells produced fragments of bones and vertebrse of Saurians. Having had no 

 opportunity of visiting the place, I can neither corroborate his statement, 

 uor particularize the site of the deposit. The shells appear to belong to 



