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KHASI HILTS. 



beneath. (Fig. 10.) 



Independently of the 

 clear evidence which 

 these steep escarpments 



Denudation, °f ^^^ 

 great caves,&c. li^iestone 



afford of the long con- 

 tinued denuding action 

 along the base of these 

 cliffs totally different 

 from the ordinary causes 

 now in operation to de- 

 grade and remove these 

 rocks, there is further 

 proof of their having 

 been subjected to much 

 local excavation by run- 

 ning water in the seve- 

 ral large caves which 

 penetrate these rocks ; 

 and whose smooth and 

 polished marble-like 

 sides, at once indicate 

 the force which has ex- 

 cavated them. Of these 

 the most remarkable are 

 those near Mawm'luh 

 and near Mawsmai at 

 opposite sides of the 

 ridge. That these caves 

 or excavations in the 



Tii,. 10. 



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