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over 30 miles to a point some three miles north of the extreme south 

 end of the Sandur hills. The length of the Gudikote group of hills, 

 from the base of the Sandur hills to the valley of the Janagahalla, is 

 close upon 14 miles, and the width averages some 6 miles. The hills 

 are high and immensely rugged, and the tract they occupy a very 

 wild one. 



The linear group of hills, to which I apply the collective name of 

 Kudiigi hills from the chief town of the Kudligi 

 lgl s ' Taluq, which they surround on the north, east and 



south, extends from near Woblapur, seven miles south of Narayan- 

 devarkerra, in Hospet taluq, to a point 13 miles south-east of Kudligi. 

 In length this line of hill measures 26 miles, with a maximum width 

 of 8 miles at the southern end. They are lower -and less rugged than 

 the Gudikote hills, but like them give rise to much wildly picturesque 

 scenery. They culminate in Jerramalla Drug hill, which attains an 

 elevation of 2,743 feet above the sea. 



The detached clusters and important isolated hills must now be 



Detached clusters and enumerated, and it will be best to take them from 

 isolated hills. west to eastt 



The first is a group of heights lying north and south of Harapana- 

 halli town and lying between the Mallapan Betta 



arapana a 1 1 ^^ Kalhalligudda ridges, The highest points of 



this group are the Jitnakatti and Narasimdever Konda peaks, both of 

 which are trigonometrical stations of the Survey of India. Narasim- 

 dever Konda has an elevation of 2,554 feet, and Jitnakatti peak looks 



to be rather higher. South of the last-named 

 Uchingi Drug hills. . , r . , ., . 



group, and separated from it by a valley, three 



or four miles in width, lies another group that may best be called the 

 Uchingi Drug cluster after the famous old drug or hill-fort crown- 

 ing the highest peak in the cluster. Excepting the Drug itself, 

 they are lower and less rugged than those of Gudikote, Kudligi, and 

 Harapanahalli groups. The height of Uchingi Drug is 2,674 feet 

 above sea-level. Proceeding north-eastward from the Harapanahalli 

 taluq and across the Sandur hills, it is necessary to note two wildly 



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