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The crosses, as you will see from the photographs enclosed,* are all of 

 one piece of stone, and from 10 to 11 feet in length, and indicate as 

 clearly as such laborious memorials can indicate, the strong faith of 

 those who erected them. 



The above, added to the remarks made in my letter to Col. Thuillier, 

 embrace all the information it occurs to me to afford regarding the 

 subject to which you refer. Should either you, however, or Mr. 

 Bayley, consider more detailed information upon any particular ques- 

 tion desirable, I will gladly furnish the same on hearing from you. 



Sth March, 1868. 



Col. Walker in his note, says : — # * # 



The fact that the crosses are only to be met with in one locality, 

 while the Cromlechs are found in great abundance in several parts 

 of the Hydrabad districts, as well as in other parts of India, e. g. 

 Chunar, would seem to be fatal to the hypothesis that the crosses and 

 Cromlechs ' belonged to the same people.' The proximity of the Crom- 

 lechs to the sites of extensive Bhuddist ruins, and their similarity 

 to the Bhuddist Thakurdwaras of the snowy range, makes it pro- 

 bable that they are of Bhuddist origin. But the crosses may well be 

 the relics of a small community of Christian converts and missionaries, 

 whose annals have not been inscribed on any page of history ; this 

 is much more probable than that they can be of Bhuddist origin. 



As for the hypothesis that the Cromlechs are the work of : a stone 

 implement using race, '" I confess to feeling very doubtful at to whether 

 such implements could have sufficed for the construction of such 

 works. * * Dehra Boon, S0th March, 1868. 



On the Cromlechs in Coorg. Sir B-. Temple, Foreign Secretary to Go- 

 vernment of India under date 9th April, forwards this correspondence by 

 direction of His Excellency the G-overnor- General in Council, accom- 

 panied by three drawings and some lithographs of the remains. The 

 letter from the Superintendent of Coorg, Capt. R. A. Cole, dated 

 Merkara, 10th March 1868, says. 



I have the honor to report the discovery of a large number of 



* See Plate 1, fig. 1. p. 116. 



