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GODWIN- AUSTEN KASHMEEE .
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should be met with in the interval between that place and Oorie, but
such is not the case.
Cliffe of the ^* alluvial " gravel form the north bank of the Jhelum
from Odrie to Gingle, there beiug a narrow level band of this accu-
mulation running the whole way between these two places, along
the base of the lofty limestone range on the north ; on the south the
peaks rise from 1000 to 3000 "feet above the river, and are covered
with Deodars (fig. 3).
Eig. 3. — Sketch-jplan of the Alluvium on the Jhelum between Gingle
and Oorie.
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The Jhelum and the torrents which discharge themselves into it
have cut down their channels so as to have one bank composed of
the alluvium, and the other of the fundamental rock. With the
exception of the granite at Kuttai, Ooorie, and Gingle, the fragments
of rock in the alluvium are such as are to be found on the sides of the
valley, namely, limestone or trappean rock, with great quantities of
fine earthy matter. For this reason I cannot agree with Mr. Yigne,
that the " alluvium " of the gorge of the Jhelum was carried and
deposited there at the time when (as he supposes) the break of the
strata at the Baramula gorge took place.
The fort at Gingle is situated in the alluvial plain or platform.
Here, as at Kuttai, a torrent comes down from the north ; the valley
expands, and is occupied with the alluvial deposit. An old line of
cliff may be here observed in the alluvium, separated by a second
level from the present bed of the Jhelum.
The upper surface of the alluvium is a perfect level, as if the Bara-
mula gorge had been filled with water, forming small lakes at Gingle,
Oorie, and Kuttai ; and it seems to me that the whole of the allu-
vium was accumulated before the river began to cut down its way to