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Borassus Flabelliformis are manufactured at Khummum, and also a 

 coarse kind of toys. Two of the exports from this Circar are rather re- 

 markable ; viz. plates from the leaves of the Pallas tree, (Butea Fron- 

 dosa,) which are sent to the Coast, and kingfisher's feathers, which 

 are purchased by Burmese agents, to be sent to Ava. 



Having brought to a conclusion all the information I have been 

 able to collect; regarding the productions of the three Circars of 

 Worungul or Hunnumkoonda, Chinnore or Ramghur, and Khummum, 

 I shall now proceed to give some general observations on the inhabi- 

 tants, their conditions and diseases, communications, &c. Although, 

 strictly speaking, what follows is applicable to that part of Telingana 

 which is included in a triangle having a point on the Purmeetah river, a 

 few miles north of Sevoucha, for its apex, and a line drawn from Hydra- 

 bad to Khummum for its base, yet the greater number of the remarks will 

 be found applicable to a much more extensive range of that country. 



The natural division of this country is into the sandstone and grani- 

 tic. The former is composed of a belt, of various extent, on each 

 side of the Godavery, while the latter is the great formation of the 

 country. Considering how much the causes that modify or determine 

 the character of a people depend on the geological structure of the 

 country they inhabit, I think it as well to state this division in limine^ 

 as I shall have frequent occasion to refer to it. I regret that I cannot give 

 a very accurate account of the breadth or extent of the former, but, in 

 the plain which I visited to the south of the Godavery, its depth was 

 from twenty to fifty miles from the river, although in many parts it sends 

 out processes covering the granite to a much greater distance. 



Inhabitants. — The great majority of inhabitants, perhaps three-fourths 

 of the whole, is composed of Telingana peasantry. This class is readily 

 known by their spare form, dark complexion, and a certain air of sub- 

 jection impressed by their occupation. They appear a contented race, 

 with less spirit and enterprize than the Mahratta cultivator, but 

 superior to the Bengalee in courage and activity, as is proved by their 

 reputation in the ranks of the Madras army. The indifference to 

 better their condition, and to rise in the world, common to agriculturists 

 in most parts of the world, is fully possessed by the ryots of Telingana. 



Brahmins — If we are to judge of this puzzling caste by common 

 tests, there is much reason, from the striking diversity of feature and 



