JULY — SEPT. 1857.] at Kola on the Godacery. 
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I was somewhat sui prised I did not pass through in boring the 
bituminous shale alluded to by Dr. Walker in his report, upon ex- 
amination of the beds in position above those I was boring through 
however, I found this substance interstratified with tjiin layers of 
sandstone about 1 inch thick, and layers of limestone, and at the 
same time quantities of the fish remains.* 
Organic Eemains. At Kota in the limestone beds, I found great 
abundance of fish scales, no doubt similar to those broug^ht from 
this spot, by Drs. Walker |nd Bell, they proved of much value to 
me as identifying the beds at Yeytoor, where I also found them^ — 
with those at Kftfa. 
At Yeytoor, I also found impressions, answering the description 
given of the Crocodilian remains found by Dr. Bell. 
At Sumpatum, in the white sandstone, the immediate underlyer 
of the marls and clays of the limestone series, there occur very large 
silicified trunks of trees, they are in considerable number and by 
the action of the water wearing away the enclosing sandstone, they 
are seen prominently projecting from the surface of the rock. 
Near the same place and in this sandstone are a number of he- 
mispherical calcareous projections in size from 12 to 18 inches dia- 
meter, — a sketch of one is appended.* 
In the bed of the river in several places I found masses of Lignite, 
it is of a jet black color, and from its frequent occurrence has no 
doubt been instrumental in giving the reputation to the Godavery 
river, as being a coal producing district. It does not appear to 
"exist in beds, but in isolated masses in the alluvium from which 
it is washed out by the action of the river. 
One piece was inclosed in the sandy bed of the river, surround- 
ed by heaps of large water worn pebbles, with which it could never 
have been transported on account of its extreme friability, the cen- 
tral portion is silicified and preserves apparently the structure of 
the original wood from which it has been converted, the outer coat- 
ing is the lignite in various states of carbonization, part being brown 
* Yide Plate III. 
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