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Pandavula Meffa. 
(By thb Rev. J. R. HUTCHINSON.) 
" What we most want is to have an intelligent and accurate account of 
the various ohjects of antiquarian interest scattered over our territon-. Their 
name is Legion, but many of them still keep the secret of their history." 
Sir M. E. Grant Bujfin his Review Minute. 
That noble range of forest-clad and picturesque bills, 
wbicb, beginning at Battili on tbe extreme nortb-western 
corner of tbe Parla Kimedy zemindari, separates for some 
forty miles tbe districts of Vizagapatam and Ganjam, reacbes 
an abrupt termination at a point twenty miles nortb of 
Cbicacole. From tbis point on to tbe sea at Calingapatam, 
bowever, tbe rugged backbone of tbe ridge sbows itself at 
frequent intervals in tbe Saildda, Singapurarn, and SaUhandam 
bills, and in scattered tumuli of black or grey granitic rocks. 
Tbese are most numerous at a point some twelve miles nortb 
of Cbicacole, wbere tbey are composed of scbistose gneiss 
disposed for tbe most part in borizontal laminte. Many of 
tbe more regular of tbese bills bave, in tbe course of ages, 
been denuded of tbeir siu'face rock. Tbe action of sun and 
rain, expansion and contraction, causes tbe siu-face rock to 
separate from tbat beneatb in buge layers, often many yards 
in lengtb and breadtb. Tbese bave been broken up and 
removed by generation after generation of Hindus for tbe 
construction of temples, images, village piaJs, &.Q., and, in 
more recent times, by D.P.W. employes for tbe construc- 
tion of various public works. Frequently, tbe same agency 
wbicb separated tliese rocky layers from tbeir ancient bed 
bas broken tbem up, in tbe dii-ection of natui'al transverse 
flaws, into buge oblong masses, to wbiob, iu some places, tbe 
