Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . cular beds of a hard, brittle, pale yellowish, limestone, full ofthe fragments of bivalves and of small crinoid stems, are also found. But allthese varieties of rock constitute a thick course of impure limestone, 60 ft. Total ... 425 ft. We have now arrived at the little ravine which indicates the centreof the fold of the beds ; on its other side the same beds are repeated inan inverse^manner as far as the bed 16 of the above section ; the re-maining beds have been denuded from the western branch of the fold deserves notice, as showing well
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . cular beds of a hard, brittle, pale yellowish, limestone, full ofthe fragments of bivalves and of small crinoid stems, are also found. But allthese varieties of rock constitute a thick course of impure limestone, 60 ft. Total ... 425 ft. We have now arrived at the little ravine which indicates the centreof the fold of the beds ; on its other side the same beds are repeated inan inverse^manner as far as the bed 16 of the above section ; the re-maining beds have been denuded from the western branch of the fold deserves notice, as showing well how completely beds may-be reversed in their position. It is probable that the beds nearestto the ravine are the deepest or oldest, whilst the bed which we havenumbered No. 1, in the section, is the most superficial. If the hillhad been denuded to half its present height above the village, the beds Fig. Section of tie Mb above Weean and Eohew, blaring N.; to illustrate the dwriptim Section of time mountains. (Not drawn to scale.). WmW¥^ *\ Sketch-Section of the Hapalikri and Saijnarh Mountains, bearing N. E. as seen from the top of the Isldamabad Bill. (Not drawn to scale.)
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