WATERFALLS. The principal cataracts (31 waterfalls in India are those near Simorri ir Rohilkhand ; at Gokak, on the Gutpurba ; Yena in Mahabaleshwar, 600 feet ; Cauvery, 300 feet cataracts of Subunreka, Chutia Nagpur, anc Hurrori Ghat, the falls 15, 20, and 400 feel respectively. Waterfalls occur in the course ol the rivers Mahanadi, Behur, and Tonse in Gond wana. That on the Mahanadi, 9 miles fron Kaiouti, is a fall of 270 feet ; the fall on Behm river, near Chechai, is 363 feet ; and that on th( Tonse, near Tahlurk Ghat, is 210 feet.
The Garsipa falls are on the river Sherwatty about 15 miles up the W. Ghats from the town o Garsipa. From top of fall to surface of bash is 888 feet, and the depth of basin is 300 feet and from 800 to 600 feet across during the rains The country in the neighbourhood is extremel3 beautiful.
In the Lushai is a waterfall on the Kaht Doong (or Kowa Doong) stream about 1200 feel below Lall Shooma's village, from which it i. reached by an easy bridle-path. Above the fal the Kahn Doong is a most beautiful stream, flow ing placidly between high banks close to th( water's edge, with the luxuriant vegetatior peculiar to these parts. From the quiet strean
above, the water is suddenly launched over a scar' of some 50 feet into a clear pool on a broad ledg( of rock, which has been gradually worn away bj the action of water, to receive it. From this poo the stream then plunges over a second ledge, anc falls as a sheet of spray and forint into the botton of an immense amphitheatre of cliffs, surmount& on all sides by high forest-covered mountains the edge of the scarp, the great fissures whicl rend it from top to bottom, the clefts between the strata, and indeed every Available nook and cranny, being fringed with festoons of creepers, ferns, and orchids of every variety. The height of this second fall is 350 feet sheer drop without break, and tho view from the sharp edge of the precipice, looking down into the great black rock sti ewn basin below, is ono of the most striking that can be imagined ; and during the wet season, when there is a large flow of water, must be one ef the finest waterfalls in India.—Dr. Buist's Catalogue ; Jameson's lid. Jour., 1822.