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MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF INDIA : DESCRIPTIVE. [ PaRT IV: 
names ; moreover, this is unnecessary, because Mr. Ghose proposes, in 
a paper he has in hand on the manganese-ore deposits of the Sandur 
State, to give a section on the place-names, on account of the 
remarkable precision they indicate amongst the inhabitants of these 
parts in the distinction of different sorts of natural features one from 
another. 
Although Mr. Ghose has named these as 90 different deposits, 
this is only because they are separate outcrops. Many of them are 
close together and on the same line of strike. Some of these, when 
opened up, will doubtless be found to be continuous with one another, 
whilst some, though close together, will probably be found to be separate. 
In my brief visit I was able to visit only a few of these deposits. 
Near Ramandrug I saw Nos. 1,3,4, 6, and 9. Of the Kannevihalli 
deposits I probably crossed Nos. 10 and 12. 
Deposits visited. a t- ^ t 
At Kamataru i spent two days only ; but 
under the guidance of Mr. Ghose I was able to examine, though in 
most cases only cursorily, Nos. 40, 41, 45, 47, 52, 53, 55, 56 and 63. 
Nevertheless, I saw all the deposits that had been opened up, 
namely, those at Ramandrug; and, according to Mr. Ghose, atypical 
selection of the remainder. I must confess that the Kamataru 
deposits, which seem to be the best yet discovered in these hills, seem 
all very much alike on their outcrops. The chief differences are in size 
and actual position, i.e , on the plateau or down the slopes — and not in 
character of the ore. Consequently, I think I am in a position to judge 
of the mode of occurrence and origin of the Sandur deposits almost as 
well as if I had examined every one of them with the greatest care. 
The Sandur deposits crop out either on the tops or edges of plateaus, 
such as those of Kamataru and Ramandrug, 
1 ua lono e c po slopes of the hills ; whilst detrital 
deposits, none of which are included in the foregoing list, may occur on 
the slopes or at the foot of the range below the deposits in situ 
from which the detritus has been derived. On the tops of the 
plateaus the deposits tend to be obscured by the lateritic deposits 
to which the plateaus seem to be due. Those deposits that occur 
on the slopes of the hills usually occur on the outer slopes facing 
the low-lying ground outside the syncline ; but a few have been found, 
