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there, we put up a few, but did not get a shot. On a 

 clear day, Chirra Poonjie, famous as a former canton- 

 ment and as a place where the rainfall is fifty feet in 

 the year, is visible. 



As the distance to the Durrung, where we desired 

 to go, is fully twenty miles, we started very early, but 

 we had got but a short way, when finding the road 

 very bad, we sent our ponies back, with orders for 

 them to go to Jyntiahpore by another route. We 

 were walking the greater part of the day and could 

 not find a drop of water anywhere, and were there- 

 fore very glad to get to a village called Sankur 

 overlooking a precipice, at the foot of which flowed 

 the Durrung at three o'clock, Here we rested awhile 

 and quenched with avidity our fearful thirst. But 

 though near, we were yet far from our destination, 

 as we had to descend into the " cafion " by means of 

 steps which required the agility of a well- conditioned 

 mountain goat to negotiate ! Even by the way we 

 went we were not above half or three-quarters of a 

 mile from the river, but it took us an hour to do it. 

 We reached the Cossyah, or rather Jyntiah village at 

 last, but to our horror, we found our hut had been 

 erected in the heart of the hamlet, instead of on the 

 river bank, so we would have nothing to say to it, 

 but went some 300 yards lower down the stream, 

 and finding a pretty level place, about twenty feet 

 square, we determined to make it our headquarters 

 We soon enlisted the services of some of the natives, 

 and made them collect poles, branches, leaves of 

 trees, and erect a platform over the spot chosen, 

 as the night dews are very heavy and very un- 

 healthy. This we made our bedroom ; a little lower 



