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wood tree is common but of no size, the average diameter 

 being about 1 2 or 14 inches. Proceeding west, the jungle be- 

 comes much thicker, containing Bamboo, Blackwood, Rose- 

 wood, Vayapa-maram and Woodapple. Having penetrated 

 about 15 miles due west from the ferry, I was forced to retrace 

 my steps, after waiting some days for supplies and coolies, for 

 which I had written in vain to the Tahsildar of Atmacore. 

 We returned to Purwuttum, and from thence marched to 

 Collum nullah. We proceeded by the stone road- way and 

 steps, which lead from Shigarum pagoda for about f of a 

 mile, and then turned off to the south and proceeded for 

 about 3 miles on a road partly paved and partly earth 

 with slight ascents and descents, but on the whole rising, 

 till we passed through an arch-way in ruins, which we 

 found on the crest of an exceedingly steep hill. Stone 

 stairs wind with many turnings down to the Collum nul- 

 lah. Collum nullah is a deep gully, the bed of sheet rock, 

 and, when I visited it, quite dry. 



The banks, which are of indurated mud, are very steep, 

 and the bed of the nullah is certainly not less than one 

 thousand feet below the level of the country through which 

 it winds its way. The banks of the nullah seen from above 

 much resemble those of the Kistna. Half way down the 

 heights there is a pagoda, and another one stands on an 

 acre of level ground close to the beds of the nullah. Pil- 

 grims make this a resting place. From Collum nullah to 

 Peddacherro the road (stone stairs) rises from the nullah 

 and runs to the south-east, ascending the hill-side on. the 

 left bank of the nullah till the high levels of the surround- 

 ing country are reached. Proceeding south-west by gentle 

 ascents and descents, but on the whole descending, you pass 

 through a jungle of bamboo and timber of weak growth, 

 until you emerge on the broad plain of Peddacherro. 

 Peddacherro is a place of great natural beauty, and you 



