56 hughes : southern coal-fields of rewah g6xdwana basin. 



true coal seams, and in directing- attention to localities that might other- 

 wise have escaped observation. The bed, however, marked as coal near 

 Kichri does contain 1 foot of coal, the section being, descending 



ft. in. 



Carbonaceous shale . . . . . . . .46 



Sandstone 0 6 



Argillaceous sandy shale . . . . . . .10 



Coal 10 



There is a small faidt running east-north-east. 



At several places in the actual channel of the Kunuk my colleague 



and myself were fortunate enough to find fossils : 

 Fossils. J h 



Scfnzoaeura gondwanensis, Glossojjteris communis, 



and Vertelraria indica. 



The Schizoneurse occurred in grey olive-green shales, bearing resem- 

 Kanher village, Verte- hlance to some of the Panchet and Talchir shales 

 tram - of tbe Raniganj field. The Vertebrarise were 



found north-north-west of Kanher, in a bed of carbonaceous and argil- 

 laceous shale, and are noticeable because they occur erect. This is the 

 fh'st instance in which I have ever met with roots or stems in such a 

 position, and on account of the rareness of the circumstance, I have 

 thought it worth while recording. There is every appearance of the 

 Vertebrarise being in their original situation, having grown in the carbo- 

 naceous shale, and penetrated into the underlying bed. 



Outside the drainage system of the Kunuk, there is still one river, 

 the Gohirari and its tributaries, lying west of the 



Gohirari Nala. , . . . . 



watershed of the Kewai, in which there is evidence 

 of coal. It joins the Son within the area of the Talehirs, but throughout 

 its entire course it is the old story of no seams of a determinable thick- 

 ness of over 3 feet. There are outcrops near 



Outcrops. 



Taraidol, Chinmar, Sardih, Murdhoa, Ledara, 

 Pakariha, Reula, Bargaon, Dhuma, and Titriponri. 



In quality, the seam south of Dhuma and the one north of Reula are 

 Dhuma and Reula seemingly the best, but my opinion must be ac- 

 8eams - cepted as open to possible correction when more 



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