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sort of projection enlarging the diameter of the hill, and gradually- 

 increasing to the base. The upper formation is evidently of the same 

 nature as the detached pieces of sandstone found at the surface, while 

 the great body of the hill is composed of granite, (and also perhaps trap,) 

 similar to that of the pyramidal hills formerly described. Some fu- 

 queers, or religious devotees, have taken up their abode on this hill, at 

 the junction of the sandstone with the granite formation, and the face of 

 their caves cut out of the solid rock, and chunamed over, with the ele- 

 vated platform on which are placed the objects of their idolatrous wor- 

 ship, present altogether a very striking and conspicuous appearance 

 from the plain below. 



On passing the fukeer's hill, we came in sight of the eastern ex- 

 tremity of Adjeeghurh.* This fort like Callinger, crowns the summit of 

 an isolated hill, and derives its principal strength from a table-face of 

 sandstone rock. The sides of the elevation are covered with thick 

 jungle, composed of beautiful low trees of every shade of green in their 

 leaves, and of every size and shape, from the pinnated peaked leaflet of the 

 tamarind to the broad expanded foliage of the teak, which, according to 

 my knowledge of Indian dendrology, is very abundant in all these hills. 



As far as my limited observation enabled me to determine, granite 

 forms the great body of Adjeeghurh, and sandstone lies over it 

 at the upper part, presenting all round a perpendicular face of 

 rock to the height of between thirty and fifty feet, and constituting 

 a natural barrier of defence, that of itself seems to render the place 

 impregnable. The sandstone has a slight reddish tint, and is of the 

 formation termed the old red sandstone Its position is perfectly hori- 

 zontal, and its structure in general quite sound. The view from 

 the ramparts of the fort displays well the peculiarity I remarked before, 

 respecting the want of general elevation in the whole of this moun- 

 tainous tract. Hills are seen in every direction covered with jungle, 

 and rising abruptly out of an intervening flat country, the dull and 

 cheerless aspect of which conveys to the mind the idea of an uninha- 

 bited waste, or the haunt of savage beasts only. It is precisely the 

 expression Daniel has given in his delineation of a fort in the Mysore, 

 where a sort of sombre stillness reigns, (if I may be allowed so to term it) 

 that no language can pourtray. Adjeeghur and Callinger are no less 

 * Sp. No. 9 and 10. 



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