1851.] 



Statistics of the Sircar Yelgunthul. 



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acquiring an altitude of 800 feet above the level of the plain, the 

 Western aspect is steep, the Eastern slopes and meets the Northern 

 slope of the second range, and the Southern of the third, forming 

 a Table Land : this range sends out a spur to N. N. E. which ter- 

 minates atVelloolah. 



The third is the only one proper to the Sircar ; it is distant 32 

 miles N.E. of the last ; commences near Garapully where the 

 height does not exceed 100 feet, passes N.W. gradually increasing 

 in importance, as far as the pass between Poodoor and Juctial, 

 where it acquires its greatest altitude, and from thence pursuing its 

 original direction towards Yamulcoortee but gradually diminishing 

 in height ceases altogether two miles from the Godavery ; its 

 highest point eight miles N. from Poodoor is 600 feet above the 

 plain. The fourth has, like the first, only a limited course of about 

 15 miles ; entering the Sircar at Jagadeopett from Ramghere, it 

 has a greater altitude than the small range at the S.W. corner, 

 but it does not attain that of either of the others — it terminates by 

 a gradual slope near the Godavery at Kumlapully. These are the 

 important hills as by them the plains are bounded ; and from them 

 derive their mineral characters. There are others of less elevation 

 scattered over the Sircar, rising from the plains either singly or 

 collected into irregular groups. Two extensive plains are con- 

 tained between the first and third ranges of hills separated by the 

 second; that between the second and third is the largest, they 

 both are longitudinal running parallel to the hills which bound 

 them, both have a gradual rise in a N. and N.W. direction, and 

 the largest merges into the Table Land described as formed by 

 the shelving of the Western hills. North of the Podoor range 

 the Sircar consists of various smaller vallies formed by spurs of 

 that range, the general declination is now towards the North and 

 East; between the fourth range of hills and the Godavery is a 

 slip of level country 1 8 miles in length and of a breadth varying 

 from 3 to 4 miles. 



These plains and vallies as well as the ranges of hills are 

 covered with vegetation, except where the former have been cleared 

 for agricultural and the latter shoot up into dome shaped, pinna- 



