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covered in some places with high-level gravels ; and the Sivaliks of 

 the great tableland of Hundes underlie deposits referable to the 

 glacial period, whose effects were not felt so far south as Sind. 



In considering the palaeontology of these deposit it may be stated 

 that the osseons remains are found on several horizons. 



First, the Rhinoceros-remains which were found included in the 

 Marine Miocene series of Gaj in Sind, lead to the inference of the 

 existence of neighbouring contemporaneous land-surfaces and shallow 

 seas — that is to say, of Miocene land washed by a Miocene sea. The 

 Ehinoceros, according to Mr. W. T. Blanford, F.P.S., is Rhinoceros 

 sivalensis. 



Secondly, the fragmentary bones and teeth found in the conglome- 

 rate near the base of the Lower Manchhar formation in Sind accu- 

 mulated later on than the Gaj series. 



The following is the list of the vertebrate remains which were 

 collected by Mr. Fedden, and named by him and Mr. Lydekker in the 

 publications of the Geological Survey of India : — 



Auiphicyon palseindicus. 

 Dinotherium pentapotainirc. 



indie um. 



, sp. nov. 



Mastodon perimensis. 



latidens. 



Falconeri. 



Ehinoceros palEeindicus. 



, sp. near R. deccanensis. 



Acerotherium perimense. 

 Sus hysudricus. 

 Heinimeryx, sp. 

 Sivameryx, 2 sp. 

 Chalicotherium sivalense. 



Anthracotherium silistrense. 

 Hyopotoinus palseindicus. 

 Hyotherium sindiense. 

 Dorcatherium inajus. 

 ■ minus. 



Edentata. 

 Manis sindiensis. 



Eeptilia. 



Crocodilus, sp. 

 Chelonia, sp. 

 Ophidia, sp. 



The conglomerate containing the bones was composed of the 

 wash-down of the Lower Manchhars themselves. 



Thirdly, the fossil bones which have been discovered in consider- 

 able quantities in a conglomerate on Perim Island (although their 

 place in the geological series cannot be determined, from the absence 

 of a succession of rocks) appear to have belonged to a fauna allied 

 to that of the Manchhars and to that about to be noticed. 



The species which have been determined by Falconer and Lydekker 

 are : — 



Dinotherium indicum. 



Brahmatherium perimense. 



Camelopardalis sivalensis. 

 Capra perimensis. 

 Antilope, sp. 

 Sus hysudricus. 



Mastodon latidens. 



perimensis. 



sivalensis. 



Rhinoceros, sp. 

 Acerotherium perimense. 



The remains are included in sandstone blocks. 



The same, or a slightly higher, horizon is recognized far away to 

 the north, not, however, by its geological position, but by the fossil 

 remains, in the neighbourhood of Kushalghar, forty miles south of 

 Attock, in the Punjab. The deposit contained, according to Falconer 

 and Lydekker, the following genera and species: — Dinotherium 



