& subsequent trip we reduced this number somewhat by using 

 the "canat" of the beechobah (rigging it up in the form of a 

 merchant's tent) instead of the whole tent> as on the present 

 occasion, We had one guide, a Chensulab, who came from 

 near the village of Busswapoor, where his tribe was dwel- 

 ling at this time. He was a very sharp, willing and intel- 

 ligent man, and was armed with a bow and arrows, 

 Should any future excursionist want a guide, let him send 

 for " Gurrupoo" of Busswapoor, 



We started from Nundial, entering by the valley whence 

 the stream of that village flows, and this brought us on to 

 the Cotta Cunnama. This broad valley is like the others 

 of the Nullamallays in being well-wooded with the usual 

 trees for about two miles east, when the forest becomes 

 thin and open, up to the foot of the Nimuljeery ridge ; 

 though over this open country there are frequently very 

 fine specimens of the Yippa. This tree is not used as a 

 timber by the people on account of its hardness and the diffi- 

 culty of working it, but it is a very valuable and handsome 

 wood, Mr, Sheffield, the Assistant Conservator at Nun- 

 dial, tells me that the bark only of the Yippa is used 

 by the people for making rope, but that it is a capital timber, 

 well suited for railway sleepers, and that he can float any 

 quantity of it down to Kuddapah by the Khoond river at 

 the proper season. Except in this inner part of the moun- 

 tains, the Yippa is generally most mercilessly cut down and 

 pollarded by the people over the whole of the Kuddapah 

 and Kurnool mountains. This is more particularly the 

 case on the Yerramallays, which flank the Bellary District, 

 where every shrub and tree is wanted as much as possible to 

 shelter and either attract or keep any little moisture that 

 may be formed, 



We camped in the broad valley, at the usual watering place 



on the Nundial stream for the night, Here, the water is ra* 



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