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natives apply the term mancMlu or " beds." The continued 
separation and removal of these slabs leaves the surface of 
the rocky hill comparatively flat and often smooth as a floor. 
On one hill, called the Bhdnya-rdsi or " paddy-heap," because 
of a circular mound of earth upon its summit, the surface 
thus formed comprises an area of fully a quarter of an acre. 
The name which stands at the head of this article is 
borne by one of the most unprepossessing of these hills. It 
is also called Pariclm-Pdndavula-nivesastlidna or the " Habitat 
of the Five Pandavas" — a name which explains the legend 
connected with the spot more fully and intelligently than any 
of the best informed natives in that vicinity. Viewed from 
its base, the hill which is probably thirty feet higher than the 
surrounding plain, presents absolutely no features of interest ; 
but on mounting it, the unassuming rock is at once trans- 
formed into a monument of the skill and patience of a people 
who have left no other record of their existence. The first 
object that attracts the visitor's attention is a cromlech of 
gigantic proportions on the western slope of the hill. This 
cromlech is formed of a single slab of native rock, raised 
bodily from its bed to a height of about four feet. This 
slab, which lies east and west, is 11 yards in length and 
5 J yards in breadth in its widest part. It has unfortunately 
been broken in two at a distance of about four yards from 
its western extremity. The thickness of the fractured part is 
about two feet. A piece of considerable size has been broken 
ofi the south-eastern corner at, apparently, a more recent 
date than that of the construction of the cromlech itself. 
The whole slopes slightly towards the west parallel with the 
slope of that part of the hill upon which it stands. Viewed 
from its eastern or higher end, the slab in its general 
outlines bears a striking resemblance to the form of a fish. 
There is however, no evidence whatever that any attempt 
has at any time been made to change the natural form of 
the slab, ajid I am inclined to think that its curious resem- 
