178 GANJAM. 



the Khonds was added to my duties. 

 This involved a yearly visit to the hill 

 region, and brought with it opportuni- 

 ties of closer acquaintance with its in- 

 habitants. 



Apart from these special sources of 

 interest, Granjam contained much that 

 was worthy of note, and a residence of 

 nine years in the district (including a 

 temporary absence in England) has in- 

 duced me to devote the following chap- 

 ters to recording such portions of my 

 experience there as are likely to be of 

 general interest. 



The hill ranges, of which I have 

 spoken, give the district a very irregular 

 border on its western side. They recede 

 from the coast to a distance of seventy 

 or eighty miles at the northern and 



