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YI,_i gla?ice'at the Banaganpilly Jaghire, taken whVs 

 passing through that territory in March 1836.— ByT. J. 

 Newbold, a. d. c. to Brigadier General Wilson, c. b. 



Topograph //.—The Jaghire of Banaganpilly lies between 

 15 > and 16° north latitude, and is situated nearly centrically 

 in the Balaghaut Ceded Districts. 



It is bounded, on the north and on the north-east by the 

 territory of His Highness the Nuwab of Kurnul, on the west 

 by the taluk of Punchapollam, on the south and south-east 

 by the taluk of Koilkdntla. 



Its extreme length north and south is about 30 miles, and 

 extreme breadth east and west about 26. 



The eastern and southern parts of the Jaghire consist 

 generally of a fertile plain watered by rivulets, taking a south 

 easterly course, and producing large crops of cotton and 

 various kinds gf 'Iry grain. The plain is bounded on its 

 western and northern limits by detached ridges of hills, 

 which, running down from Kurnul, take a south easterly 

 direction by Gooty, Cuddapah and Tripati, and terminate 

 near the eastern coast at Naggery. 



A bandy road, connecting the trade of the Ceded Districts 

 with that of Masulipatam, Nellore, Guntoor, &c. by the 

 direct route of the Nundi Cunnama ghaut, passes through 

 the centre of the Jaghire : over the ghaut itself the road is 

 impracticable for bandies, consequently the heavier articles 

 are constrained to go by the circuitous route of Cuddapah 

 and the Yeddadogoo pass. The lighter goods pass over 

 direct on carriage bullocks. 



All the natives, with whom I conversed, agreed that the 

 trade would be much increased were the pass opened for 

 bandies : from what I saw of it, I should say this might be 

 done at no very great expence. 



Geology. — The plain of Banaganpilly is the western ex- 

 tremity of that wide flat tract, that extends, from the foot of 

 the Nulla Mulla hills, to the range alluded to above. 



Note— The information/here adduced,has, for the most part been ob- 

 tained on the spot, combined with the result of personal observation. 



