342 Geological Formation of the Himalayan Mountains, [April 



passed was found to be composed of Red Sandstone and Conglome- 

 rate. The Coal is imbeddec-l in shale, with loose-grained gray Sand- 

 stone, both above and below. See the above Authors, as well as Mr. 

 Mc'Clelland's able report of ** A Committee for investigating the Coal 

 and Mineral Resources of India"* (Calcutta 1838), where the discovery 

 of a raised beach of tertiary shells in the Kasya Hills is noticed, and 

 a list is given of all the sites of Coal (and Lignite, as those in the 

 Himalayas,) at present known to exist on the continent of India. 

 They may briefly be enumerated as follows, — Buruwan, Ranigunj, 

 Chinakooree, Adjai Seedpoorie, Pariharpoor, Darbadanaghat, Benares 

 Road 149lh milestone, and other places ; Hazareebagh, Rajmahal, 

 Patsandeh Baghelpoor, Skrigully, Hurra, Palamoo, two principal beds, 

 Amarath. Bidjegurh. Nerbudda, Towar river, Hoshungabad, Jubul- 

 poor, Sohagpore, Chanda, Warda nala. Cuttack, Mahanadi. Assam 

 Deuphapanee near Bramakoond, Namroop river, SufFry or Disung 

 river, near Rungpore, Dhunsiree river, Jumoona river, Kossila river 

 near Gowahate, Chilmari and Doorgapoor. Silhet, Laour and other 

 sites, Kasya hills Chirrapunjie, Sarrarim, Manipur near capital, 

 Gendah on Kuenduan river, Arracan Sandoway District, Kyook 

 Phyoo Island. Moulmein, Anthracite at Bothoung. Southern India, 

 Travancore, fossil seeds carbonized. Himalaya, Kemaon lignite, Mora- 

 dabad, lower range. Indus, Cutch, Peshawur. To these may be added 

 the indications of Coal discovered in boring to a depth of 400 at Calcut- 

 ta and 300 feet at Goga in Gujerat.f 



The Shales of Ranigunj and Chinnakooree contain abundant remains 

 of Ranigunj Reed ; Vertebravia itidica, nob., and of another species, 

 F. radiata, nob., Trizygla 5/9^cio6a referred formerly to Sphenophyllum ? 

 De la Beche, Manual, p. 400, and mentioned by Mr. Jones as *' impres- 

 sions of flowers." This appears to belong to the natural family of 

 Marsileace(B, v. p..431.| Of this new genus there is a second species 

 found in Germany, and the Author has a third species lent him by Dr. 

 Mantell, from the Anthracite of Mount Carbon, in Pennsylvariia. Pus. 

 tularia Galderiana, nob., Pecopteris Lindleyana, and Giossopfens 

 dancBoides, are the other plants obtained from the same locality. 

 Glossopteris angusfifolia, and G. Broivniana^ are other species men- 

 tioned by M. Adolphe Brongniart. The presence of the latter is re- 



* Madras Journal, No. 20, p. 153. 

 •t For an account of what has since been done in the search for this mineral, see a 

 subsequent portioa of this number.— Ed. Madras Journal, 



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