Sec. 5.] detailed descriptions. 107 



outline is well seen just above Hirun Pall^ looking down tlie river 



(see Plate VIII). The massive flat-topped trap hills of Burwanee on the 



left of the view and the ridges due to the brecciated veins just noticed on 



the right. The breccia in these veins is usually highly calcareous ; all 



have nearly the same direction east-10° — 30°-north, and they are probably 



due to small faults. 



The hill of Toorun Mul believed to be the highest of the Satpoora (a) 



has a table land upon the top of considerable length, 

 Toorun Mul. ^ ^^ ^ ' 



but of no great breadth, as is frequently the case 



vsdth the trap hills. This spot was formerly used (as a retreat during the 



hot season in all probability) by the rulers of Mandoo, and a splendid 



piece of water still exists about three-fourths of a 

 Tank on Toorun Mul. 



mile long. This tank, for such it is, is clearly 



retained by an artificial bund of considerable size. An idea, however, 



commonly prevails that the hollow containing the water is an ancient 



crater, and to a report of its existence is probably due the statement in 



Captain Dangerfield''s Appendix to Sir John Malcolm^'s ' Central India^ of 



the supposed existence of craters in the Hajpeepla hills, [b) 



Section 5. — Country around Baitool with the Upper Taptee val- 

 ley. From the eastern boundary of the map to Boorhanpoor, 



AND FROM THE DIVIDING RANGE SOUTH OF THE NeRBUDDA TO THE 

 PLAINS OF THE PoORNA IN BeRAR, INCLUDING THE GaWILGURH 

 HILLS. 



This section consists principally of the upper drainage area of the 



. , , , " Taptee, as distinguished from that of its great 



Area included. j. ^ o o 



aflSuent, the Poorna. A small portion of the coun- 

 try drained by the tributaries of the greater Tawa, and therefore within 



(a). It is nearly 4,000 ft. in height. The aneroid at 3 p. m. on April 12th, 1864, stood 

 at 26-8, thermometer 83°. 



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