july — sept. 1857.] at Kota 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 ^hin layers of 

 sandstone about 1 inch thick, and layers of limestone, and at the 

 same time quantities of the fish remains.* 



Organic Remai?is. At Kota in the limestone beds, I found great 

 abundance of fish scales, no doubt similar to those brought from 

 this spot, by Drs. Walker and Bell, they proved of much value to 

 me as identifying the beds at Yeytoor, where I also found them^ — 

 with those at Kota. 



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 



* Tide Plate III, 



