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strata of this region to belong to the transition series, and 
that they are covered more or less by the tertiary strata 
and diluvium which we have been considering. 
7. From the mountains of the Sakaing Chain, a little 
above Ava, we have much pure mica slate and statuary 
marble in its usual connexion with mica slate and horn¬ 
blende rock; this marble is of the finest quality, and ex¬ 
tensively employed by the natives in making images of 
Buddha. 
The specimens afford no decided example of secondary 
rocks in this district but a reddish sandstone, which is 
used for architecture in the construction of thrones to re¬ 
ceive the images of Buddha, and a limestone which re¬ 
sembles the magnesian limestone of England, may, I think, 
with more probability be referred to the new red sandstone 
than to any other formation. 
The extent and relative position of all these strata it was 
impossible to ascertain from the few opportunities afforded 
to Mr. Crawfurd of landing from the steam-boat in which 
he made his voyage ; these may become the subject of fu¬ 
ture investigations. The grand point is, however, estab¬ 
lished, of the occurrence of formations in the south-east of 
India, analogous to the tertiary and diluvial formations of 
Europe, and containing respectively the remains of animals 
the same which the formations of Europe contain, or very 
similar to them : these animals must therefore at some time 
or other, and most probably at the same time, have ex¬ 
isted in regions whose climate and inhabitants now differ 
so widely as those of India and Europe. 
It must be confessed, in concluding, that the result of 
these discoveries, though intensely interesting, and a splen¬ 
did example of what may be done by the skill and ac- 
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