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482 parallel to the, and falls into the Purna. The Viswaganga is not a perennial stream, but during the rains flows past Jaipur, Badnera, and Chandpur.

 Vita.—Town and municipality in Satara District, Bombay Presidency, and head-quarters of Khanapur Sub-division; situated in lat. 17° 17' N., and long. 74° 34' e., 48 miles south-east of Satara town. Population (1881) 4477. Municipal income (1883-84), £78; incidence of taxation, 3¾d. per head. Sub-judge’s court, post-office, and school.

 Vithalgarh.—Petty State in the Jhalawar prant or division of Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency. It consists of 5 villages, with 1 tribute-payer. Area, 23 square miles. Population (1881) 1999. The revenue is estimated at £1500. No tribute is payable. River in Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, branching

 Vittar.—River in Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, branching from the Vennar, an affluent of the Kaveri, in lat. 10° 49' 20" N., and long. 79° 7' E., about 6 miles north-west of Tanjore city, and falling into the sea in lat. 10° 49' 45" N., and long. 79° 54' 45" E., near the port of Nagar.

 Vizagapatam (Visakha-patnam).—British District in the Presidency of Madras, lying between 17° 14' 30" and 18° 58' n. lat., and between 82° 19' and 83° 59' E. long. Area (including the Jaipur and Vizianagram zamindaris, which are also under British administration), about 17,380 square miles. Population (1881) 2,485,141 souls. In size and population, Vizagapatam ranks first among the Districts of the Madras Presidency. Vizagapatnam is bounded on the north by the District of Ganjam and the Central Provinces; on the east by Ganjam and the Bay of Bengal ; on the south by the Bay of Bengal and Godavari District, and on the west by the Central Provinces. It consists of 14 zamindaris, 37 proprietary estates, and 3 Government taluks, namely, Golconda, Sarvassiddhi, and Palkonda. The administrative head-quarters are at the town of.

Vizagapatam

Presidency.

Ganjam and

Physical Aspects.

maritime as

the

is

the Central Provinces; on the east by

Province

— Vizagapatam of

forms

Madras

the

Northern Circars.

It

is

a

a picturesque

A

but, throughout the greater part, unhealthy.

Ghats runs through the east

District in

to south-west, dividing

it

portion

Presidency,

of

the

and

hilly

north

known

historically

country,

chain of the Eastern

an oblique direction from north-

into two unequal portions, the larger

being mountainous and the smaller flat The higher peaks of this range attain an elevation of more than 5000 feet above the level of the

with

sea.

The

slopes of the

luxuriant vegetation,

while the graceful

mountains on both sides are clothed

amid which

bamboo grows

forms the watershed of the country. carried by

numerous streams

rise

many

tall

profusely in the valleys.

The

direct to the

forest

trees

This range

drainage on the east is Bay of Bengal ; while the 