PT. 3.] 
Ay ale-fake from Godaxery. 
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From north of Samli to 200 or 300 yards north of the deserted village of Man gal i 
all is trap. About Samli no rock is seen, nor are any sections seen south, of the trap between 
Talligaou and Mangali. Coming south from the trap at the latter place the first sedimen¬ 
tary rocks seen are fine grey quartzose sandstone, conglomeratic in places, as compact as 
Vindhyau sandstone, much m ire so than Damudas usually are,* having a general resem¬ 
blance to the beds at Talligaou. 
Just south of these are the old quarries whence Mr. Hislop is said by the villagers to have 
obtained his fossils. The rock Is a very line deep red argillaceous sandstone, shaley in parts. 
Thin layers of a yellow colour are frequent, and these appear to be richer in fossils than 
the red portions. JEstherias (of two species apparently) abound, and some ill marked 
plant-remains also occur. 
The surfaces of the slabs are frequently covered with irregular pits, and appear as if 
corroded by surface waters. This is curious, as argillaceous sandstone is not a rock easily 
dissolved by water, yet it seems difficult to account for the corrosion otherwise. 
From Mangali to II in guugh at and thence to Nagpur no rock except trap is seen. 
The country is mainly an open cultivated plain, thickly covered with cotton soil, a few 
scattered flat-topped hills occurring towards the south, and nearer to Nagpur some well 
marked hill masses come in to the westward. The traps wherever seen are apparently 
perfectly horizontal. 
On the road from Nagpur to the Wurda on the way to Oomrawatee all is trap, 
perfectly horizontal to all appearance, except an inlier of Damudas near Bazargao n, (not 
examined), and some isolated caps of laterite near Ko on dal lee. 
July 1866. 
On the Agate-flake found by Mb. Wynne, in the Pleiocene (?) deposits of the 
Uppee Godaveby, by T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., Ac., &e. 
On the accompanying Plate (Plate 1) 1 have given full-sized figures of the agate-flake 
referred to above (p. 61) by Mr. Blanford—Mr. Blanford here says, ‘possibly of human 
origin.’ Further examination and comparison satisfied him of the true nature of this speci¬ 
men. He said (Proceedings Asiatic Society, Bengal, October 1860), “ I was at first very- 
sceptical as to the genuineness of this flake, hut a recent examination and comparison of it 
with some of the Jubbuipoor specimens have strongly inclined me to believe that it is really 
of human manufacture: and he pointed out the similarity with one of those found near 
Jubbuipoor. 
The flake hero represented was found by Mr. A. B. Wynne while searching the banks 
of the Upper Godavery for fossil bones. It .was discovered just, below the village of 
Moongee, near Pyton. The river cliff here has a height of about 50 feet. And in a bed 
of uncompacted sub-calcareous conglomerate or concrete, gravelly and containing Shells of 
species similar to those now living in the neighbourhood, the specimen was found imbedded. 
A brief but careful search was made in the neighbourhood for other specimens, hut without 
success. Not more than 15 to 20 miles, however, of the river could at the time be visited. 
The flake was found about 20 feet above the base of the cliff Its general form and 
character will be understood from the Plate better than from a description. It is formed 
from a compact light coloured agate chip, which near the surface has become blackened, and iu 
two parts the original smooth ferruginous (rolled?) surface of the agate mass remains. The 
flake is rudely triangular in section, one side being flat, while between the two edges, although 
not centrally, it rises on the other side into a ridge. The whole is slightly curved, and'at 
one end the sharp edges are curved so as to form a slight reflexion of the whole Hake, giving 
that end very much the form ot the curved end of a carving knife tor game. The other end 
of the flake lias a lateral extension which may have served as a means of attachment to a 
handle. The sharp cutting edges arc much blunted and hacked, obviously by use. The total 
length of the flake is 21 inches; its breadth, which is tolerably constant for its entire length, 
is T \ inch. 
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* This appears to be universally the ease near Nagpur. The Damtulos and Mangali beds are much harder and 
re compact than the correspondunr rocks in It.aural and the Ncrbudda valley. However, this remark is base! 
jut a slight acquaintance with the Nagpur beds. 
