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kuntuk first in a Northerly direction, and then turn to the North- 

 West. They are generally known by the inhabitants under the 

 name of Mokul. The highest point of this range will probably 

 be Rajmeergurh, near Umerkuntuk, which it exceeds by about 

 500 English feet — the latter place itself is about 3,290 to 3,330 

 English feet. 



The Nerbudda alone rises on the plateau of Umerkuntuk. It 

 has its origin in a tank or pool, surrounded 

 budda*" 1 °^ ^ G ^ Gr ~ * n ^ e mos t irregular way, with solid ma- 

 sonry and fine temples : — one of the oldest 

 of them seems to me to be a Jain (Boodhist) temple. The tank is 

 fed by subterranean springs, and the origin of the Nerbudda is 

 thus precisely similar to that of the Kistna, on the plateau of 

 Mahableshwur in the Deccan. 



I determined the quantity of water at the spot where the Ner- 

 budda flows out of the tank, and found it to be, on the 23rd of 

 January, only two French litres per second. But very soon this 

 little rivulet is met by the waters of two other springs, and only a 

 few miles from its source it is joined by the waters of two more 

 springs, and forms a beautiful cataract of about 70 English feet. 



The Soane has not its rise at Umerkuntuk, but to the East of 

 the hill, and about 1,200 feet lower than the Nerbudda in an open 

 partially cultivated spot, from a tank called Soane Budder, 8 miles 

 East of Paindra, and forms a swampy marshy place over a consi- 

 derable extent. 



The Tohilla rises about 5 miles North of the Nerbudda, at a 

 place called Tohaletsur, nearly in one level with the Nerbudda. 



The Yrap, a small river which flows to the South, and joins the 

 Mahanuddy, has its origin near Paindra, from several large tanks, 

 forming at first a swampy ground. Its source is situated about 5 

 or 6 miles from that of the Soane, and its water-shed is not formed 

 by a distinct ridge, but only by a slight rising of the ground. 



On the journey from Sohagpore through Rewah to Allahabad, 

 I took the opportunity ef carrying a barometric and geological sec- 

 tion over the plateau of Bundlekund. 



The plateau, or rather the succession of plateau, consists of a 



