TRACTS OF COUNTRY ON THE KISTNAH. IS I 



The river now-a-days is crossed three miles to the north- 

 west of Aliotta : there are two basket boats manned by 

 Chenchowars in the employ of the Pulari contractor, who 

 lives at Atmacore : the boatmen get monthly pay, and the 

 profits of the ferry are paid to the contractor. 



A large nullah or ravine empties itself into the river at 

 this point, and the great deposit of alluvium, dried at this 

 season and cracked into cubes by the intense heat of the 

 sun, with yawning fissures from four to six feet in depth, 

 testified to the power and violence of the stream during the 

 monsoon. I observed j ungle rubbish, i. e., dead grass, roof s 

 of bamboo, &c, suspended in the forks of trees, 100 and 150 

 feet above the level of the bed of the river. High hillocks 

 of white river sand are thrown up by the same cause, and 

 give a sea-side appearance to the shore. The bed of the 

 river and the boulders and rocks on the banks are of lime- 

 stone. 



From Aliotta to Pentahbant Pentah, ascending the same 

 ghaut, we proceeded as far as Yerra Pentah, and then rode 

 west to Pentahbant Pentah, three hours journey from Al- 

 iotta ; the features of the country not differing from what 

 has been before described. The surface of the country is 

 covered with sand-stone and hornblende in fragments, 

 from the size of a tea canister to that of a seaman's chest 

 over which you pick your way. Vay pa-maram and Woodapple 

 are the trees which oftenest occurred. Pentahbant Pentah 

 is situated in a maidan of red soil about 400 acres square, 

 near the margin of a nullah running from west to east 

 From Pentahbant Pentah, we proceeded by the Lumbadi 

 tract to Palotta, and from thence to Nakul Pentah. 



The country between these three places is, comparatively 



speaking, flat— a rich red soil, free from stone, covered with 



jungle grass two feet in height, and the Vaypa tree plentiful 



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