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logical character with the Karnul series, while the beds of 

 the western in Kaladgi basin bore much greater resemblance 

 to those of the more highly metamorphosed beds of the 

 Kadapa series. 



As with the exception of limestones which abound in both 

 series they are of little interest they maybe passed over without 

 further remarks. The interesting features of the gneiss region 

 in the South Mahratta country centres in the great bands of 

 hsematite sohist which, where jaspery in texture, rich colored 

 (purple, grey, and bright red) and highly contorted, give 

 rise to some splendid rock scenery. Very striking also are the 

 enormous masses of greyish white dolomite limestone exposed 

 in the ghats east of Groa. They are carved into splendid 

 turreted and castellated masses many hundred feet high, 

 round which winds the Kell ghat on its way into the Groa 

 Konkan, 



The very fine falls of the Gratprabbha river at Grokak and 

 the grand gorge of the Naul Tirt near Manoli are both 

 capital displays of scenery formed by quartzite rocks. 



Of purely scientific interest was the discovery near Grokak 

 of fossiliferous fresh water inter-trappean beds, and at the 

 same place a find of bones of great mammals in fluviatile 

 deposits. , Amongst them the remains of a new species of 

 Rhinoceros (Rh. Deccanensis, Foote) and a very large bovine 

 animal. * 



The Deccan trap offers the splendid scenery of the great 

 western scarps and the singular cappings on all the highest 

 summits by the iron clay or laterite of much disputed origin. 



The lines of Mr. Wilkinson's survey of the Southern 

 Konkan were joined to those of the South Mahratta 

 country. The season of 1874 saw the conclusion of the work 

 in this quarter by a traverse from Bclgaum to Grooty vi6 



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