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winged Kite, Indian and blue-tailed Bee-eaters, Indian 
Roller, white-breasted and pied King-fisliers, pied crested 
Cuckoo, pied Wagtail, jungle and black-beaded Mynas, 
Weaver-bird, spotted and plain brown Munias. 
At French Rocks carts were waiting to take me to 
Sravan-Belgota. The first halt was made at the village of 
Kikkeri, where the bungalow Kutiodl pointed out a large 
tank as good shikar-ground for water-birds. Kikkeri, 
though a small place, is the seat of a relatively big trade 
in the manufacture of coarse cotton cloths, the weaving of 
which I examined, in its various stages, in the streets of 
the village. The cloths, for which prices ranging from 
Rs. 3 to Rs. 12, were asked, are not only worn by the 
inhabitants of Kikkeri, but are sold in other places. 
Leaving Kikkeri I started off for Chanr^yapatna, a dis- 
tance of ten miles which, owing to a break-down on the 
way, took eight hours in accomplishment. The enforced 
halt was utilised in making a collection of the local rocks 
from piles heaped up for road metalling. Chanrayapatna 
as a town possesses nothing of interest except a ruined 
fort. 
There is a large tank, on which natives were catching 
fish from a boat for the evening meal. Several natives in 
the bazar were earning a living by the sale of silk^ obtained 
from Chennapatna and other places. 
Prom Chanrayapatna a pleasant drive of about 7- miles, 
through a well irrigated and cultivated country, brought 
me to Sravan Belgola, the abode of some five hundred 
Jains, prettily situated between two hills called Chandra- 
betta and Indrabetta (or Dodabetta and Chikkabetta). 
A chattram proved a convenient resting place for the night, 
Sii' G. Birdwood {Industrial Arts of India) mentions that silk purses, 
cords, and tassels, are made largely by the Mahommedans of Sindkurgatea, 
Narsikus, and Chanraypatna in the Hasan district. 
