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that place are eoaree white sandstones, which probably lie directly on the gneiss; 
above these follow sandy shales, which in their turn are covered by about 10 feet 
of soft friable sandstone, above which occur finally the fossiliferons beds, indur¬ 
ated, and often porcellanoid shales of light bluish-grey colour, and from 8 to 10 
feet thick. The fossils consist of numerous plant remains, mixed up with marine 
shells, which latter, however, are unfortunately so badly pireserved, that their 
specific determination is impossible. To me' the Ammonites appeared some¬ 
what like neocomian forms, but much importance must not be attached to the 
typie in the absence of specific agi-eement. More recently similar beds have been 
found by King^ in the lower Godavari valley, and their fossil contents have been 
determined by Stoliczka as corresponding to the fauna of the Kachh-Oomia beds. 
Since then it has been shewm that these semi-marine deposits have a consider¬ 
able development in the Godavari district, and form two groups, which King 
distinguishes as the Tripetty sandstones and Ragavapuram shales;^ The upper 
group consists of dark-bronm feiTuginous sandstones and conglomerates, which 
become softer and more friable as you descend, and which include lenticular 
masses of shales, with plant remains and marine shells. The lower group, which 
corresponds closely, according to King’s view, with the Sripermatur beds, con¬ 
sists only of hardened shales, which include the remaims of marine shells, as well 
as plant remains. None of these molluscan faunas have as yet been closely 
examined, and it is only known that many species agree with others from the 
Kachh-Oomia beds. This concludes the series of localities belonging to the 
Jurassic period, and containing traces of marine fossils, and we may now turn to 
the cretaceous formations; but for this purpose we must return again to the 
west. 
We have seen that certain beds in the Salt Range which a23pear from below 
the nummulitic rocks, and have a tolerably wide extension, may possibly repre¬ 
sent the cretaceous rocks. Similar deposits, developed on a large scale, were 
observed by BalR in the country of the Luni Pathans ; but he discovered no deci¬ 
sive pnimal forms in them. The same beds are also cited by Blanford“ as under¬ 
lying the nummulitic beds in Sind; but these are well exposed at but few 
places. The existence of equivalent deposits in Kachh is doubtful. It is true 
Wynne® distinguished a sub-nummulitic group there; but it is very doubtful 
whether its members are equivalent to the Sind and Salt Range bods. 
Of very high interest are the so-called Bagh beds, which reach far into 
the interior of the Peninsula in their very abnormal extension. They appear 
1 Waagen : Palajontologia Indica ; Jurassic Fauna of Kutcli, I, p. 236. 
= King: Records Geol. Surv. of India, VII, p. 159. 
3 King : Records Geol- Surv. of India, X, p. 56. 
■< Ball: Records Geol. Surv. of India, VII, p. 153. 
‘ Blanford : Bccoi-ds Geol. Surv. of India, IX, p. 11. 
« Wynne: Mem. Geol. Surv. of India, IX, p. 66. 
