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  IMPLEMENTS 
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  LATERITE. 
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  broad 
  tongue 
  of 
  high 
  ground 
  extends 
  eastward 
  from 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   Byrawudi 
  mountain, 
  between 
  the 
  small 
  rivers 
  which 
  unite 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  

   Munair. 
  This 
  elevated 
  water-shed 
  is 
  covered 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  with 
  

   enormously 
  large 
  gravel, 
  a 
  perfect 
  boulder-gravel, 
  of 
  quartzite 
  ; 
  in 
  other 
  

   places 
  the 
  gravel 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  ordinary 
  character 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  both 
  cases 
  much 
  

   ferruginous 
  matter, 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  pellets 
  of 
  clayey 
  brown 
  haematite, 
  

   accompanies 
  the 
  gravels, 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  which 
  implements 
  were 
  

   found 
  occasionally. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  cases 
  the 
  implements 
  bore 
  the 
  strongest 
  

   resemblance 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  stain, 
  or 
  possible 
  adherence 
  of 
  ferruginous 
  

   matter, 
  to 
  the 
  patch 
  of 
  gravel 
  or 
  debris 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  occurred 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  

   have 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  weathered 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  underlying 
  gravels. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  these 
  gravels, 
  which 
  are 
  well 
  exposed 
  in 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  various 
  deep 
  rain-gullies 
  of 
  recent 
  formations, 
  would, 
  I 
  

   firmly 
  believe, 
  lead 
  to 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  implements 
  still 
  imbedded 
  in 
  situ 
  

   and 
  well 
  reward 
  any 
  explorer. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  my 
  power 
  to 
  give 
  these 
  

   deposits 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  very 
  cursory 
  examination, 
  which 
  I 
  greatly 
  regret- 
  

   ted, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  unlikely 
  that 
  some 
  organic 
  remains 
  might 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  loamy 
  beds 
  which 
  are 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  included. 
  The 
  gravels 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  deserving 
  of 
  examination 
  are 
  those 
  near 
  Cumbaldinna, 
  eight 
  miles 
  

   east-south-east 
  of 
  Pamur, 
  and 
  others 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  south-east 
  at 
  

   Kanamuddagoo 
  and 
  Sullawarpully. 
  The 
  westernmost 
  point 
  in 
  this 
  

   region 
  at 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  implements 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Vaimpaud 
  

   hill, 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Pamur, 
  where 
  a 
  great 
  accumulation 
  of 
  the 
  

   boulder-gravel 
  is 
  piled 
  around 
  the 
  hill 
  like 
  a 
  talus. 
  This 
  gravel-bed 
  

   lies 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  elevation 
  above 
  the 
  general 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   country, 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  turn 
  is 
  shown, 
  by 
  the 
  long 
  succession 
  of 
  rapids 
  

   and 
  falls 
  in 
  the 
  rivers, 
  to 
  rise 
  quickly 
  after 
  the 
  flats 
  of 
  the 
  sea-coast 
  

   have 
  been 
  left 
  behind. 
  Comparing 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  this 
  spot 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  Soondy 
  hills, 
  which 
  are 
  900 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  hills, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  safely 
  estimated 
  at 
  nearly 
  600 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   sea-level. 
  

  

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