OF BUNDELKHAND, &c. 29 



The general aspect of this lime-stone is duli and earthy ; its stratifi- 

 cation is horizontal, or nearly so, and always conformable to the marie or 

 sand-stone on which it reposes ; its lower beds are thin, and separated by 

 argillaceous partings ; and some portions of it, particularly the white va- 

 riety, are sufficiently compact for Lithographic purposes : the middle beds 

 are usually of a dark smoky grey colour, always exhaling a strong argilla- 

 ceous odour when breathed upon, and sometimes containing fragments of 

 petrified wood, and of the stems of ferns, as may be seen dit Nagound; and 

 it is this variety which burns into strong Z2me, and has the property of hard- 

 ening under water : the yellow kind is generally compact, usually dendritic, 

 and if polished like the Cottam marble, might be used for ornamental archi- 

 tecture; its external surface frequently presents branches and prominences, 

 resembling (as Mr. Greenough expresses it) the interlacings of ivy, and 

 in this state it might be used for rustic architecture. 



This lime-stone appears to be the same as the lias lime- stone of England, 

 and the specimens I send herewith, shewing its ordinary varieties, will 

 enable the Society to judge how far my conclusions are well founded. It 

 extends all over the platform of the second range of hills, covering it with 

 a thin stratum, the continuity of which is only interrupted by occasional 

 protrusions of the red mark or sand-stone, on which it reposes, and as these 

 sand-stone collines are generally sterile, from want of soil to cover them, 

 the lias formation becomes an object in agriculture, because it occupies 

 the low lands, which retain moisture, and are covered with rich soil. 



After passing the town of Pattariya, I came upon the overlying rocks, 

 which I designate by the general term of trap; the hills on the left of 

 the road are composed of those rocks, and after ascending the pass of 

 Patte/irii/a, I met witli no other rock than trap, between it and Sdgar. 



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