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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
of lofty limestone hills on the right. Fig. 2 is a section across the
alluvial beds from the Fort of Kuttai to the torrent, which, as well
as another on the other side of the fort, comes down from the north
(see fig. 1). What is to be seen here and at the other places seems
to me to upset Mr. Yigne's hypothesis ; and all that I now want to
find out is the composition of the Snowy Eange to the North. The
sketch, fig. 3, represents the valley from Gingle to Oorie.
Fig. 1. — SJcetch-pIan of the Alluvium in the Jhelum Valley near
Kuttai.
Limestone.
River Jhelum.
About twelve miles north of a is the Great Snowy Eange. The cliifs at b are
about 200 feet high. c. Kuttai Fort. From Z. to c, about 2^ miles. The dotted
portion is covered with granite-boulders.
At Oorie, where occurs the next accumulation of granite -boulders,
the valley or gorge of the Jhelum widens out at the junction of a
valley from Poonch on the south. The Fort stands on the alluvial
Fig. 2. — Section of the Alluvium cut through by the Torrent
North-west of Kuttai.
Limestone. Great Snowy Range. Limestone.
I- Fort.
Limestone. Torrent. Alluvium with granite-
boulders.
Limestone.
■* Bed of the Jhelum.
plain, as shown in fig. 3, and the Jhelum flows in a deep channel
which it has cut through the alluvium. If the granite-boulders had