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from this position. I was able to make a pretty accurate measure- 

 ment of a base of 343 feet, and by observing the angle at each end 

 (with a Sextant) to a small tree in the fall, I got a rough distance 

 of 3,140 feet from our position to it. With this distance, and the 

 measured angle subtended vertically, I made the depth of the fall, 

 as it appears in the sketch, about 550 feet. Our position was West 

 from the fall, which during the morning is entirely shaded by cliffs 

 jutting out boldly on both North and South sides. In the after- 

 noon, the shadow gradually withdraws, and the sparking and light 

 make the scene much more splendid. Early in the afternoon we 

 started for a nearer view. The pathless jungle and the nature of 

 the ground, made this a tedious labour, but at last after a final 

 ascent of a considerable height, we were rewarded with a beautiful 

 sight. The position from which we enjoyed the view, immediately 

 faced the fall at a very short distance, and about on a level with the 

 bottom, where the stream changes from the nearly vertical smooth 

 rock, to a rugged channel passing round the foot of the height on 

 which we sat. The cliffs over which the stream falls are a mass of 

 red jasper, and their bold formation and beautiful colour add grandeur 

 to the scene. The rock is very nearly perpendicular, but the water 

 at no part falls for any distance in an uninterrupted descent. In 

 the present state of the country, its inaccessibility must exclude 

 almost all, excepting my own party, from the pleasure we enjoyed ; 

 should any others have the opportunity, I would strongly recom- 

 mend their visiting this fall. I have seen those of the Cauvery in 

 Mysore, and though they are on a grander scale having the body of 

 water of a large river instead of a small mountain stream, this may 

 well be admired as equally lovely. We had to think of getting to 

 our tents which were at the village of Jalandapani, on the other 

 side of a small range of hills, so we retraced our steps to where 

 our horses had been left and reached our tents about sunset. The 

 following morning we ascended the hills to a little village, beauti- 

 fully situated above the valley, through which the stream runs for 

 some distance before reaching the cliffs. These hills (extending 

 for 10 or 12 miles at about 3,500 feet elevation) and the neighbour- 

 ing country are well worthy of notice, and I purpose writing a short 

 account of them and some peculiar tribes by which they are inha- 



