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The Cromlechs in this District are, on the contrary, formed with 

 carefully selected flat stones placed on edge, so as to form a cham- 

 ber nearly square ; and nearly completely enclosed. 



The covering stones have not so decided a slope as have those of 

 the Cromlechs of the British Isles. 



5. Of unmistakeable Cromlechs, I hare seen not more than six. 



Four of these are in the valleys of the Bawani and Moyar 

 Rivers ; and two in the valley of the Novel River or the Bolamam- 

 patti Valley : one of the latter is close to the road from Coimba- 

 tore to Dambrapaleyam and about five or six miles from Coimba- 

 tore. 



These two are remarkable for having, in a stone forming one 

 side of the chamber, an oval shaped hole about 10 or 12 inches in 

 diameter. 



6. Major Hamilton when he visited the higher ranges of the 

 Anamalais discovered a Cromlech precisely similar to those in the 

 Bolamampatti Valley. 



It is on the east side of, and about 400 yards from, the Tora 

 Kadavu River, about three or four miles south of Ponachi. 



I did not see this Cromlech, but having seen Major Hamilton's 

 sketch and heard his description, I have no doubt but that it is a 

 real Cromlech. 



Sepulchral Tumuli. 



7. These are found in every part of this District— in the culti- 

 vated plains — in the lands that have been irrigated for hundreds 

 of years— around the base of the Anamalais — in the deep gorges 

 at the foot of the Nilgiris— and in the now untrodden unhealthy 

 jungles in the valleys of the Bawani and Moyar, I have found these 

 Sepulchral Tumuli, with their Kist Vaens, Cinerary urns, and the 

 other characteristics which distinguish the Tumuli that are scat- 

 tered over Northern and Western Europe. 



8. These Tumuli are not generally found isolated or singly 

 here and there : in some places 10 or 12 acres are covered with 

 them ; and these burial places are so close to each other, that it 

 is impossible to resist the belief that the whole of the country 



