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divifions to the little diftridls. The fertility of many parts is 



owing to tanks, and canals from them, diftributing water to va- 

 CiiMATE. rious parts. The climate of this and other Circars is exceflively 



hot, and Coup de Soleil frequent and fatal : the hill fever is alfo 



very deftrudlive. 

 r^ From the fouthern end of the wooded mountains of this 



Chain of 



Mountains. Clvcar, commences a barren lofty chain inacceffible almoft to 

 mankind : it runs nearly due weft to the borders of Berar^ fifty 

 miles, then turns fliort, and continues a dire6t parallel to this 

 Circar, till it comes oppofite to the northern extremity ; it then 

 curves eaftward, and with the Cbilka lake forms an impenetra- 

 ble barrier to the north. 

 Manufactures The manufaftures of the Circars are various ; the different 

 OF THE CiR- i^inds of cotton, the muflins of Cbicacole, the beautiful woollen 

 carpets of Ellorej and filks of Burrampore, from raw materials 

 from Bengal and China, and the bay fait exported to Madras, 

 which alone amounts in value to twenty-five lacks of rupees, 

 or ;C- 7>500- 

 Circars The Circars were granted to the French by the Nizam, in 



JheVrTncm. ^753- ^^^ celebrated M. Buffy, equally great in the capital as 

 in the field, headed their army, and by attending his highnefs 

 had full opportunity of influencing his councils. His firft 

 campaign opened with exploits full of horrors, and undertaken 

 by party motives, againft a brave and potent Folygar. The 

 country is governed by thofe chieftains of the wooded and 

 mountainous regions, who, like the Britijh petty princes of old, 

 live in their ftrong holds and towns buried in the depth of 

 woods. We are told by Mr. Orme, that the power of fome could 



extend 



