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was taken at dawn ; at noon it was 6° higher. This 

 spring is not marked on the topographical survey map of 

 Khandesh. 

 •161. Abawad ... Lat. 21° 16'; Long. 75° 28'; Elev. ; Temp. 139°. 



Is in the Chopra taluq of Khandesh. The spring is locally 

 known as Unapdeo, and is much frequented as a place of 

 pilgrimage. 



From here a series of hot springs, or groups of springs, takes us in 

 a north -easterly direction to near Allahabad. 



152. Damakni ... Lat. 21° 10' ; Long. 75° 36' ; Elev. ; Temp. 



" A populous town, in the vicinity of which is a reservoir, 

 the water of which continually boils ; the Hindus wor- 

 ship it." — Gladwin's Translation of the Ain-i-Akhari, 

 Vol. Ill, p. 53. Damarni or Damerny, on our maps. 

 Dumurni or Dumbarnee, or Damoree, is about 4 miles 

 north of the River Taptee, in Khandesh. Dambhorni 

 of the topographical survey map of Khandesh. 



153. Pili ... Lat. 21° 30'; Long. 77° 19' ; Elev. ; Temp. 91°. 



In the Gawilghur hills. " The hot spring here is in the bed 

 of the river. The thermometer rose from 85° to 87° 

 when placed in the water." The water is of a brackish 

 taste, and appears to have a slightly aperient effect when 

 drunk. It is considered sacred, and, curious to say, " is 

 frequented by birds and beasts regularly to drink the 

 water." — MSS. letter from Captain Douglas, Deputy 

 Conservator of Forests, East Berar, to Major Nembhard, 

 Commissioner, East Berar. Temp. 91° at 6 a.m. — Major 

 Nemhhard in subsequent letter. 



154. Salbaldi .... Lat. 21° 25'; Long. 78° 40' ; Elev. ; Temp. 100°. 



The water is clear, tasteless, and scentless. Spring rises 

 actually from the metamorphic rocks, but quite close to 

 the fault, which bounds them here. — W. T. Blanford, 

 Mem. Geol. Surv. of India, Vol. VI, page 280. 



155. Anhoni Samoni, Lat. 22° 38' ; Long. 78° 25'; Elev. abt. 1,000 ; Temp. 120°. 



156. Anhoni ... Lat. 22° 36'; Long. 78° 40'; Elev. ; Temp. 



Two springs near villages of the same names, 17 miles 

 apart, both within the Narbada coal basin near its 

 northern boundary, in or at the edge of strong basaltic 

 dykes, cutting through clays and sandstones of an upper 

 group of the sedimentary series, both of the same charac- 



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