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other countries. Nothing of this kind can be traced here, however, and 

 from the paper of Captain J. Stewart, in the Bombay Literary Transac- 

 tions, the same remark may be made regarding the boundary of this great 

 formation on the route from Baroda to 3Ihow. 



On leaving Dawdri, we proceeded on the usual direction over the 

 level plain before mentioned, till we reached the Bhilpdl (i. e. a commu- 

 nity of small villages) of Hartuna, which is situated eight miles distant 

 from the former. We still found the surface of the plain covered with a 

 thick soil. In some situation, however, small hills or rising grounds were 

 observed which exhibited at their surface the outgoings of the inferior 

 strata. These were as before quartz rock and clay slate, the latter was 

 now much more abundant than formerly. Strata were still highly inclin- 

 ed and dipping as usual. 



At this place (Hartuna) there was a great scarcity of water, and the 

 Gosain of the temple of Ndthdwdra, had sent some workmen to dig a well. 

 They had penetrated about thirty feet through the rock in a low situation, 

 and I had thus an opportunity, the first which had as yet offered itself, 

 of examining the strata in the plain. I here discovered a distinct and 

 separate formation from any which I had seen during this march in a 

 series of overlying rocks. The first rock which presented itself, was a dis- 

 tinct sandstone, with a clayey basis, and of a soft friable nature. It 

 was a variegated sandstone, with spots of a reddish color dispersed over a 

 whitish ground. Below this was another variety of sandstone of a more 

 compact nature than the last, and of a whitish grey color — it was a cal- 

 careous sandstone, effervescing with acids — the proportion of lime in it 

 was, however, very small. These two were arranged in strata which were 

 very slightly inclined. 



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