Ascending this plateau near the celebrated Chitor, let the eye deviate slightly from the direct eastern line, and pursue the only practicable path by Ratangarh, and Singoli, to Kotah, and he will observe its three successive steppes, the miniature representation of those of Russian Tartary. Let the observer here glance across the Chambal and traverse Haraoti to its eastern frontier, guarded by the fortress of Shahabad: thence abruptly descend the plateau to the level of the Sind, still proceeding eastward, until the table-mountain, the western limit of Bundelkhand, affords a resting-point. To render this more distinct, I present a profile of the tract described from Abu to Kotra on the Betwa:[1.25] from Abu to the Chambal, the result of barometrical measurement, and from the latter to the Betwa from my general observations[1.26] of the irregularities of surface. The result is, that the Betwa at Kotra is one thousand feet above the sea-level, and one thousand lower than the city and valley of Udaipur, which again is on the same level with the base of Abu, two thousand feet above the sea. This line, the general direction of which is but a short distance from the tropic, is about six geographic degrees in length: yet is this small space highly diversified, both in its inhabitants and the production of the soil, whether hidden or revealed. [Illustration: Section thro’ Central India in 25° N. Lat. from Aboo [Abu] to Bundelkhund [Bundelkhand]. Plateau of Central India——Trap formation Mt. Aboo [Mt. Abu—A is at the left edge of the base of Mt. Aboo, and B on the right] Aravalli Mountains [C is at the left edge of the Aravalli Mountains] Oodipoor [Udaipur—D] Jawud [E] Ruttunghur Rampoora [Rampura] Chumbul R. [Chambal R.] Kotah Parbatty R. [Parbati R.] Shahabad [F] Sinde R. [In ground beneath “Sinde R.” is written "Seronge"—G] Kunneadanna [H] Betwa R. Kotra [I] A. B. The isolated Aboo 24 miles Circumference at base Granite and Gneis. C. D. The Aravalli Chain.______________Granite reposing on compact blue slate. D. E. Plains of Mewar. E. F. Patar or Plateau of Central India.___________________________Trap F. G. Valley of the Sinde. G. H. Table Mountain the Eastern limit of Rajpootna, structure doubtful. H. I. Plains of the Betwa, Bundelkhund. SECTION OF THE COUNTRY FROM ĀBU TO THE BETWA. _To face page 10._ ] Let us now from our elevated station (still turned to the east) carry the eye both south and north of the line described, which nearly bisects Madhyadesa,[1.27] ‘the central land’ of Rajasthan; best defined by the course of the Chambal and [10] its tributary streams, to its confluence with the Jumna: while the regions west of the transalpine Aravalli[1.28] may as justly be defined Western Rajasthan.