Page:Modern Hyderabad (Deccan).djvu/79

Rh in the Raichur district but none of these go down further than 700 feet. The experience of Mysore and of the Hutti mine in this State is the same, that the lower levels which the old workers never reached are the richest, but to reach these levels in the absence of railway communication is at present very expensive, and the industry has hitherto been unable to expand."

The Singareni coal fields will be noticed in a separate chapter.

Laminated limestone is largely quarried at Shahabad, in the Gulbarga district, and promises to become an important export.

The Nizam's Dominions abound with wild animals and feathered game, but the rules for shooting are very strict, and for full information concerning these things, the reader is referred to the monthly Directory published at the Garrison Military Printing Press, Secunderabad. Nowhere in India, except in Mysore, perhaps, will a greater variety of wild animals and birds be found.

The present Nizam is a keen sportsman, but so far he has been too much occupied with State affairs to spend much time in his large preserves.