CHAPTER VI.
The Land.
Natural Divisions.
The Census for Hyderabad State, published this year, says : — "While in relation to those of the Indian continent the geological and meteorological characters of the Deccan plateau (the Nizam's Dominions are situated almost in the centre of the Deccan tableland) are sufficiently distinctive to constitute a single natural division. Taken by itself they fall naturally into two groups dividing the area into two natural divisions."
And the Report of the Census of India, 1901, says : — "The north-west portion, forming nearly half of the natural division, is covered with basaltic lava flows (Deccan trap); the remainder is composed of granites, gneisses, and schists with a basin of Paleozoic limestones, quartzites, and igneous rocks in the Caddapah area. The dry season extends from December to May. The rainfall of the wet season is chiefly due to the West Coast
