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Tautlui — W. Oldham, G. Ormsby. This is the spring 

 4 coss south of Nooni Haut, in the Bhoorbury (Bhoor- 

 booree, Atlas of India) nullah mentioned by SherwiU. — 

 Top. Stat. Rep., Bhaugulpore. Temp. 145° in July 

 1882.— B. D. Old/mm. 



185. Jebwapani ... Lat. 24° 26'; Long. 87° 31' ; Elev. ; Temp. 87°. 



A very copious outbreak of warm water, wbich shows in 



several outlets, along the faulted boundary of the gneiss 



and coal measures, in tbe southern portion of the Raj- 



mahal hills, near Gopikaudur. — G. S. t. 



To the north of this series lies a small group of springs, all of which 



have a high temperature. 



186. Monghye ... Lat. 25° 22'; Long. 86° 36'; Elev. abt. 160 ; Temp. 140°. 



The spring here noticed is well known in all the country as 

 SitaTcund (Seetacoond), but the name of the nearest town 

 is given bere to avoid confusion, as the name of the spring 

 is common to many others. Tbe spring is copious, and 

 rises from the plain about 5 miles from Monuhyr on tbe 

 east. There is a slight odour of sulphuretted hydrogen, 

 but the water is very pure, and keeps remarkably well ; 

 it is much used. — Hooker, Himalayan Journals, I, 88. 

 "Sita was pursued by a giant, and seeing no other mode of 

 escape, took refuge under ground ;" hence the spring. — 

 Archer, Tours in Upper India, Lond., 1833, II, 118. 



187. Pahaepue ... Lat. 25° 18' ; Long. 86° 34' ; Elev. 320; Temp. 104°. 



In the Kewa-kol valley several springs rise from the eastern 

 side of the bills, at temperatures varying from cold to 

 104°. Springs known as Kishi-kund. — SherwiU, Kur- 

 ruckpur bills, Journal Asiatic Society, Bengal, XXI, 198. 

 The springs are actually 5 miles from Paharpur ; but this 

 is the nearest village. Several hot springs under the 

 eastern face of Kurruckpur hills flow from hornstone rock, 

 and vary in temperature from 105° to cold; two close 

 together. — SherwiU, Top. Stat. Eep., Bhagaulpur, 1854. 



188. Bhimband ... Lat. 25° 04'; Long. 86° 27'; Elev. 450; Temp. 147°. 



Spring rises from the base of a small rocky detached horn- 

 stone hill named Mahadeva ; produces a fine stream. All 

 rocks about encrusted with sinter, and appear partially 

 decomposed. A few hundred yards further north, at the 

 foot of a small bill called Dumduma, there is a region of 

 hot springs, the principal of which has a temperature of 



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