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HEAD OF RAVINE.—AJUNTA.

HE town of Ajunta is situated on the level of the plains of the Deccan, on the top of the Ghat. The Caves are situated about 200 feet lower down, at the bottom of a second stratum of the trap rocks. Half way between them a platform of harder rock divides the height into two nearly equal strata of 100 feet each.

After leaping over the two artificial obstructions shewn in the last view, the river descends by numerous small falls through the first stratum in a course of about two miles long. It then reaches the edge of the lower platform, over which it falls by seven short leaps, in a narrow space just to the right of the rocks shown in the view, which close the upper end of the lower ravine. 2