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crest of the Brumeshwar basin to Mantyconda ; and this, 

 would just be along the line of country best suited as a si- 

 tuation for bungalows. Water might also possibly be found 

 by sinking wells on this line. Captain Beddome rightly 

 says, I think, in his report on these mountains % " that they 

 are in no way adapted for the cultivation of Coffee, Tea, or 

 Chinchona ;" but it would be an interesting experiment to 

 try the last in a garden on some of the ground between 

 Brumeshwar and Mantyconda, and what a great thing it 

 would be for Kurnool, if potatoes could be grown at Manty- 

 conda, a feat in gardening which seems not impossible. 

 Irla Conda. 



There was still one more excursion to be made before the 

 conclusion of our hill-trip ; and this was to look at part of 

 the range to the north, on the right bank of the Kistnah, 

 which had occasionally seemed to me to be rather elevated* 

 This is the plateau range of hills marked on the map, with 

 s< Irla Conda" station as the highest point, 



Our camp was moved north from Yellagode to Atmacoor,. 

 about eight miles ; and thence, having collected coolies and 

 guides, we started nearly direct for Irla Conda. It turned 

 out that this plateau of hills is much lower than any we had 

 been on yet; Irla Conda itself being, hardly 2,000 feet above 

 the sea. That part of the hills south of the trigonometrical 

 station is very well represented on the map, being a pecu- 

 liarly flat plateau; but, the country between the Irla Conda 

 stream and the Kistnah is much broken up into smaller 

 valleys and hills. 



We camped for the night in the narrow valley south of 

 Irla Conda, near a stream of good running water ; I think 

 the best water we had tasted on the Nullamullays. It 

 rises near the top of the ravine, issuing from the outcrop of 

 almost horizontal beds of quartzite, which make up the 



