Pit Villages
collections of earth caves dug in the ground and covered with stones, wooden or wattle lids, or lowest stages of barbarism. by prehistoric races or by races at the are oval or pear-shaped, varying be- The pits tween 22 and 42 feet in length and from five feet high. an area of 14,834 square miles. While the eastern part is mountainous with five feet high. tween 22 and 42 feet in length and from valleys of considerable fertility, the western portion is chiefly desert land.
Cotton is grown to some extent and minof the same name. Pop., department, about 200,000; city, about 15,000. erals are found. The capital is the city