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southern extremities, and advance to 

 within twenty miles of the sea towards 

 the centre, where the great detached 

 mountain, known in ancient Hindoo 

 story as Mahendragiri, attains a height 

 of nearly five thousand feet, and flanks 

 the plain for a distance of twenty miles. 

 Another extensive cluster of hills pro- 

 jects from the main range to the north 

 of Mahendra, and approaches within 

 fifteen miles of the sea. A few Khond 

 villages are scattered among these last 

 named hills, which are almost isolated 

 from the rest of the Khond highlands, 

 and are surrounded by the cultivated 

 lands of the Ooriyah villages. The 

 Teloogoo population ceases at about 

 this point, and gives place to the Oori- 

 yah Zemindaries, which extend north- 



