THE NULL AM ULL AYS. 



as a region interesting to the naturalist, botanist, sportsman, 

 or climate-seeker. Some of the Engineers of the Irrigation 

 Company, particularly Col. Cotton* and Mr. Buchanan, have 

 also made like explorations. Unfortunately, writing as 

 I am in camp, I am unable to ascertain whether any of these 

 gentlemen, with the exception of Captain Newbold and 

 Captain Beddome, have written any accounts of their 

 excursions. Captain Newbolds observations are, as far as 

 I remember, mainly geological. 



The Nullamullays lie for the most part in the Kurnool Dis- 

 trict, between the Khoondair valley on their west side and 

 that of Cummum on the east ; though they also extend south- 

 wards into the Kuddapah District as far as thePennair, and 

 northwards into the Hyderabad territory beyond the 

 Kistnah. This description is, however, chiefly of parts of the 

 range as it lies in the Kurnool District. 



The area is thus rectangular in shape in the southern part, 

 having a long north and south axis extending between the 

 two great rivers, a distance of about 108 miles, while it has 

 an average breadth of about 16 miles for a little more than 

 two-thirds of this length from the Pennair, after which it 

 spreads out to the north-east beyond Cummum. Being of 

 this shape, the range consists of a main series of ridges and 

 valleys running parallel to the N-S. axis, whence run off a 

 few lateral ribs and openings east and west into the Cum- 

 mum and Khoondair low-country respectively. 



The average height of the mountains is not more than 

 2,000 feet above the sea — the two valleys on either side 



* I have since heard from Mr. H. Cotton, that Col. Cotton made a 

 thorough exploration mainly to see the capabilities of the country as a 

 sanitarium for the Engineers ; and that he looked upon the Brumeshwar 



Neighbourhood as the most suitable. 



