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slopes of the hill, and they herd their 

 buffaloes wherever the coarse grass 

 which these animals love is to be found; 

 we saw their traces even on the lofty- 

 slope where our tent was pitched. 

 The hills inhabited by the independent 

 Sourahs rise full in view on the western 

 side of Mahendra Griri to a height not 

 far short of it. A very deep valley, 

 which these people do not cross, sepa- 

 rates them from the vassal Sourahs of 

 Mundasa. 



This visit to Mahendra Griri was fol- 

 lowed at intervals by other expeditions, 

 and in due time a substantial little 

 cottage was built, at the cost of much 

 toil and some failures, near one of the 

 temples. It is now the property of the 

 Mundasa Raja, who is careful to keep it 



