268 rooTE : south mahkatta. country. 



burning all over the area under report. Near Belgaum such kankar is 

 colleeted, for the Public Works Ddpartment, by excavating trenches 

 in the alluvium, something like the coprolite diggings in the green 

 sand in England. 



Salt and saltpetre are collected by evaporation from the waters 

 of numerous streams in the manner common throughout the south of 

 India. The large salt-works at Bychubal, near Surapur, have already 

 been mentioned (page 253)-. Much common salt is made at Surja- 

 pur, three miles east of Ling Sugur, from the waters of the Hiralla 

 naddi, as well as at many other places. 



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