AT NAGPUR, &c. 215 



the Gonds, and are striped, and crossed, and crowned with streaks of red 

 lead. Some parts of this high ground affords as fine scenery as any I 

 have met with in the country. The surface is beautifully undulated, and 

 the trees scattered at considerable intervals, leaving glades between of 

 fine pasture. The elevation is about three or four thousand feet ; the 

 climate temperate, and the firm growan soil is by no means destitute of 

 water — being constantly intersected by the little rills which form the 

 sources of the KanMn, Puna, and Tapti rivers. This fine country has, 

 however, only a scanty population of rude Gonds, and is almost totally 

 uncultivated. 



