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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12980986135).jpg s derived <br> from the higher range and amongst them are a few blocks of gra- <br> nite ; all are water- worn more or less The same formation occurs <br> lower down about IJ mile where the river after passing through <br> a very narrow gorge debouches into the plain ; thence the bank <br> of alluvium runs perfectly straight for 3 miles rising from the <br> plain as much as 100 feet At the edge near the top there is a <br> regular roadway about 30 yards in breadth ; then another rise of <br> about 20 feet with a perfectly level plain at the top ” the bed of the <br> lake which there is no doubt at one time occupied the whole valley <br> of Kashmere <br> Fig 5 ” Plan of the Terraces in the Valley of the Kahmil <br> Fig 5 is a bird's-eye view of these terraces as seen looking down <br> the river towards Shaloorah The Hod Eiver joins the Kahmil in a <br> like depression I have not exaggerated the straightness of the <br> edge of the bank in the least The roadway or upper terrace was <br> not broken down for the whole distance The valley has evidently <br> been lowered at several successive stages and at each level the <br> breadth of the water has been less <br> On the Kukur I found a snail Helix such as I had never seen <br> and the only one in fact which I have ever met with on these hills <br> I have preserved it for transmission home with the plants These <br> animals must be rare in the higher ranges or I must have observed <br> them I may also mention that in aU my wanderings amongst the 36161768 111474 51125 Page 225 Text v 15 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161768 1859 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 15 1859 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36161768 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161768 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-07 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12980986135 2015-08-26 14 55 49 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1859 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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