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pletely overlapped. On the south, however, there are indications all along the boundary, 
from Bursipali to the Ebe, of underlying Talchirs. 
Proceeding westwards, the northern boundary is found to strike obliquely across a great 
loop bend of the Bonum river at Chalitikra, but the lowest seen sandstones there seem to be 
Talchirs. Between this loop and the Ebe, the country is very hilly aud uneven. The rocks 
are coarse sandstones and conglomerates, some of the beds being of considerable thickness. 
As seen in the neighbourhood of the old fort of Rampur, in the Ebe section and in the 
country further west, some of these rocks resemble the upper sandstones of the Hingir 
group ; but after full examination I am inclined to refer them to the Barakars. Brown 
haematite iron ore is very abundant, and especially so to the east of Eamesur. It does not 
appear there, however, to constitute any definite continuous bed, but to occur rather in con¬ 
cretionary nests and bands in the sandstones. Fragments of ore from this source spread 
over a considerable surface, and give the appearance of an abundant supply, especially in the 
valleys where they have accumulated for ages. Iron is manufactured at Chalitikra, and was 
formerly at Rampur, where there are still considerable heaps of slag to be seen. 
Some of the conglomerates seen here consist of pebbles in a matrix which is barely suffi¬ 
cient to bind them together. As this matrix is often removed at the surface, the hills of 
conglomerate look simply like piles of loose stones, not a sign of consolidated rock being 
apparent. The bed of the Ebe affords no continuous section of these rocks, the few outcrops 
being for the most part separated by long stretches of sand. As, moreover, the beds are here 
horizontal, or nearly so, nothing of importance regarding their thickness can he made out. 
Opposite the mouth of the Bonum river, a cliff of sandstones covered by conglomerate rises to 
a height of from 50 to 60 feet. These rocks, though not exactly like the usual types of Bara¬ 
kars, from their position and physical relations, should, I think, be referred to that group, 
'the rocks of this horizon can be traced north and south over about ten miles, from the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Cherla to Bograchaka ; they form long low ridges with a very slight dip to the 
west, which carries them under the more typical Barakars containing coal and some ironstones 
which are about to be noticed. Between the Ebe and the boundaries of the upper sandstones 
underneath which the Barakars disappear, rivers and streams occur in abundance, but in two 
only have any traces of coal been met with. 
The Lillaki Riveb. —This river, like many others, takes its rise close to Hingir, and 
joins the Ebe, after a course of about twenty-five miles, near the village of Balput. Following 
it up from its junction, in the first two miles or so, metamorphic rocks only are seen, but 
bejmnd them Barakar sandstones are exposed, and appear at intervals up to Durlipali, where 
there is a seam of carbonaceous shale and coal, of which the following is the section. 
descending: 
Top denuded. 
Ft. 
Inc. 
1. 
Slightly coaly blue and black shales 
9 
0 
2. 
Black carbonaceous shale with flaky coal 
6 
6 
3. 
Concretionary blue shales 
1 
3 
4. 
5. 
Coal (Vide Assay, p. 120) contains much iron ... 
Blue concretionary shale with coaly layers towards top and 
2 
6 
bottom ... 
5 
6 
6. 
7. 
Slaty carbonaceous shales, portions coaly 
Ditto ditto the coaly portion confined to thin 
3 
0 
layers of 1-3 inches thick 
12 
0 
8. 
Blue concretionary shales 
1 
6 
9. 
Coal fair (Vide Assay) 
1 
0 
10. 
Blue concretionary shales 
Base concealed. 
2 
0 
