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graduating into quartz rock, and consequently becoming less likely to 

 contain coal as we recede from the great rivers towards the basaltic 

 rocks of Malwa. 



" The provinces of Marwar, Bundlecund, Rewah, Chunar, and Rotas, 

 which comprise the above space are generally composed of red sand- 

 stone, and beyond this, the little knowledge we possess regarding their 

 structure is not unfavourable to the probability that coal exists some- 

 where along the base of the higher hills ; it has already been noticed 

 in sufficient quantity at Bidgegur to induce further inquiries to be made 

 in Rotas. In Bundlecund Captain Franklin found indications of its 

 presence in the glens of Kailinger and Adjegur, as well as at ShapuL' 

 and Bejour a little more to the westw^ard, and Captain Smith from per- 

 sonal acquaintance with the structure of the hills of Rewah holds out 

 hope of researches in that quarter being attended with success. 



" Coal has been found by Mr. Ravenshaw in the valleys from which 

 the Chala and Phika issue from the mountains near Hurdwar, as well 

 as in several intermediate streams between these rivers and the Ganges. 

 This coal may prove of consequence in the manufacture of the metallic 

 ores of the mountains at some future period, as well as in the naviga- 

 tion of the upper portion of the Ganges. Captains Herbert and Caut- 

 ley also found coals on the skirts of the Himalaya, but not under cir- 

 cumstances to bring them at present within the object of these reports. 



" According to Captain Burnes, coal occurs at Rohut in Peshwar 

 forty miles from Attok. The specimen furnished to Mr. J. Prinsep 

 does not appear to be a good coal, but as naptha springs are said to be 

 found in the same vicinity, better may be expected to occur. 



" Coa^ «i Cw^c/i. — In the bed of a river at Trumboo near Bhooj in 

 the province of Cutch, 40 miles from the northern coast of the penin- 

 suIr, two thin beds of coal, which vary from one to twenty inches in 

 thickness, make their appearance in several situations as, between the 

 village of Seesugud and Koobee, 19 miles from Mandavee close to the 

 high road, and also at Doogapore, but the district altogether in which 

 these beds occur is of limited extent. 



" None of our coal-fields appear to have excited more interest than 

 this, in consequence of the important objects to which supplies of coalf 

 ih so favourable a position, would necessarily contribute. Mr. Walter 

 the resident at Bhooj, Captain Wildey, Lieutenants Clark, Jameson, and 

 McCulloch, and more recently Captain C. W. Grant, have each report- 



