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TTT P:ICHIAJBA--PACIIHDURATII. 521 eastern is the larger, and, as a rule, reaches a higher level than the south-eastern. On the Salem side, the hills are higher and more precipitous than towards the cast, where the ascent is gradual and relieved by long spurs trending into the plains. The forests are poor, and at present of no economic value, having been much injurcel by the wasteful nomad cultivation. The scrub and bamboo wilds that remain are notoriously feverish. On the western side the slopes are covered with jungle, consisting chietly of usilai (:llbizzia Ainara); towards the summits the jungle is dense and intermixed with bamboo and thorny bushes. On the summits are found forests of considerable extent, consisting of rengai (Pterocarpus Marsupium), teak (Tectona grandis), blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), and sandal-wood (Santalum album). The eastern slopes are covered with a dense jungle of bamboo, with r'engai and small teak trees. In addition to the trees above mentioned, the principal products of the Pachamálai hills are-gall-nuts; a bark called membidampattai, from which a red dye is extracted; the fruit of the hillgooseberry (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa); and honey. Three villages are situated in the Pachamálai hills—l'annádu, with 27 hamlets, and population (1881) 32S1; Kombai, with 6 hamlets, and population (1881) 728; and Temparanádu, with 20 hamlets, and population (1881) 1669: total population (1881) of l'achamálai hills, 5378, occupying 1116 houses. Pachamba. ---Formerly a Sub-division of Hazaribagh District, Bengal, which has now (1985) been reconstituted as Giridhi Sub-division (9.7'.). Pachambá.—Town in Hazaribagh District, Bengal; situated in lat. 24° 12' 29" x., and long. 86° 18' 38" E., 3 miles from Giridhi railway station. Head-quarters of the Free Church of Scotland Mission to the Santáls; dispensary and training school for teachers are attached to the Mission. The staff numbers 17 persons, 2 of whom are Europeans ; the funds are drawn mainly from subscriptions in Scotland, aided by surplus receipts of the Free Church of Scotland's Institution in Calcutta. The Mission also maintains 6 vernacular boys' schools, and I boarding school for girls. The total native Christian community numbered 182 in 1882. Pachhegám.—Petty State in the Gohelwar division of Káthiáwár, Bombay Presidency. Area, 10 square iniles ; containing 4 villages, with 2 separate shareholders. Estimated revenue, £3700; tribute of £212, 4s. is paid to the Gaekwar of Baroda, and 4,68 to the Nawab of Junigarh. Situated 12 miles south-east of the Dhola junction of the Bhaunagar-Gondal railway station. The head-quarters of an important body of Nágar Bráhmans. Population (1881) 3655, of which 2679 inhabit Pachhegám village. Pachhimráth.—Pargana in Faizábád (Fyzábád) District, Oudh; bounded on the north by Haveli Oudh, on the east by Majhaura,