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Ainnonites and Belemnites of the age of the Oxford clay; the Amtnomtic rock 
•'obably extended to the eastern part of Nepaul. They occur at an elevation of 
from IS,000 to 19,000 feet, and are held in superstitious estimation by the nntivos. 
Tlie Oolitic series forms an important element in the rocks of eastern Afghanistan 
' 1 Northern India. It is known to extend from Cutch on the south along the whole 
- • of hills that flank the Indus, and it forms the scarp of the table-land of Afghnn- 
35 hr as the salt range in the upper Punjnub. Oolitic rocks have liccu observed 
'•:ie the route to Cmibnl and to the north of that city. North of the great snowy 
i r -0''t the Himalaya they follow the southern border of the table-land of Thibet. 
n ™ Rajfiiiotana a number of peculiar marble* occur, of which the Taj Mahal 
- 'be palaces of Jodpoor, Sec. are built. Amongst these i* i hnuacheUi or opaline 
' inarblo, probably of Jurassic age; white, granular marbles are found in the 
y 3,, d are also metamorphic and of partial occurrence. 
•cmafa UU8 K< ^ S BJ’P sum occ ‘ur in the Madras Presidency, but their relations are 
fjil*iiir 0 !"! S * ndst . one (iolconda is a move or less compact breccia, red and 
"fnimii* 001 , ‘ ls . oxa ®* age unknown. Salt springs occasionally bnak 
• , ie Ea ', tone or its vicinity, With the subjacent limestone, it covers large 
hi?)i)v-iii.r** i IZon * {d btyers; blit at the edge of the plains ofCuddapah it rises 
' he dinri„!n! S . trata bnmediatfly upon granite. Traces of coal are raid to exist 
b'ljiddi,. 1 8ttnasto,,e ^.W. of Nagpoor, and abundantly along tlic valley of the 
V l11 iwtlv p" Hm Ur ^ Wnn tbc character of the roul is slaty, The genera of 
,r orcur m nip ‘ n ®, ’’ sorne Australian, some peculiar. Of the English genera 
yffrit, L coa Measures, viz. Sp httlOphyllum, Pott cites, Catamites , and Pe- 
Ao*ie of Daceitn t. r, i 
Irnn dean ii bc <m ascertained by Messrs. 11 islop and Hunter that 
chieflyf e L p, * le " °steni Ghauts rests on n sandstone, with vegetable 
, '^pti.rls ami 11 cc ®P* pr f *t Cyclapteris, Spluiiopleris, Kquisetites, many species 
’ '!■ At Godaverv nr.' L K,ic j tr oria Judica, which also characterize* the Burdwan 
flower oolite nr It 8 ton,,t tbe ^''piitotus Deccdlieuxis referred by Sir P. Egerton 
i Tm] . Vj nils, 
, f r '* roftti-red to im!'e SlonC T'^ 01 * "Mvl. The sandstone of the Bandnir hills and 
“ 3l "lay be ti-BnoJ a J Wat ; on ’ According to Mr. James Ilardie, the New Bed 
With the sab n l j OU £ 1 lbo Baralpur northward through Delhi, and there 
JJ (o ' v «rds Cutcl, _ ,syp su ‘» bt :iiiiig rocks in Lahore, Moultan, &c., south- 
^ , 11 ofCentrsil to Persia, forming a zone round the great elevated 
Ve< l l*v Clint c'.’ 'i sc P ar “fing it from the primary. Muschelkalk has 
' -f , , c ,of St rvJ^’ ,lor,b °f the vallev of Niti, Himalaya. The fossils 
'\u !Mongmp an ' but the species are all distinct. Twenty-five species 
r Choiutrl //\ d , o f,,ll ' r n Ctratiles, (Jouiatites, Ammonites, Spirifera, 
Pholadomya. 
co!' 110 ,lot tom ( ,f |K * rgnn ’ 1 ' remains collected bv Dr. Fleming in the limc- 
ST*"* ° f ,he snlt ran S c » Himalaya, include 
Pro- 
C“ 
«rej 1 )? 0 ’’J'eliim am/ u!!!^ 0, , * * ll> ubb ‘f supply of salt is derived from the range 
Mi?' 1 W,ll > rock Hu ? <U,S - *™rdil!g i, Dr. Andrew Fleming, the gyp- 
, ■""8 the n W * 1 ' iignite* in ’i tS ^ *i' u Ver . v brtse the section, beneath the bitu- 
it tVoil ‘ a " r oek* ' .. cai ‘ ,0, ' 1 h-'tGiw limestone; and lie assigns it a place 
; : >inou* of l '“-‘ HimaliDa C ' Tr, i° M F ure rock salt and salt springs occur in 
’^'abound infaS ,m * 1,at . nre 1,olitVl - (l to be Eocene strata. 'I he 
? hag bil.p ru<s ' !" ,ni wb ‘ cb * b ‘ m ** prepared exactly ns at 
‘■'if u k ° generations v.. <• parried on by the ancestors of those now engnged 
. 881 8 lavc ^ L ‘eq found in the saliferous beds of the 
fl: ' 1 >'TuotJ hj ' tea ' chuvn^teH5tic^ of 1 1li 1 a 1 sw" 1 aff ° ra n ? a, , ,y formi of Tnlobites - 
ftCt pwh ^ jr di ^ ’ huiiar to ui ° sc 
