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We may dismiss this comparative note on the relative sizes of the formqr and the present district of Fyzabad by giving the parallels of latitude and longitude between which they respectively lie: T?^™». Former

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25° 58' Morth latitude, 83° 9' East longitude, 26° 11' North latitude, ggo g, jj^gt longitude;

from which we see that only one parallel, namely, the more southern of the two jiorth latitudes, has been changed.

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Appearance of the country. find the Fyzabad country

return to the subject of our sketch, a densely populated, wellcultivated plain of great fertility, well wooded, well watered, and with good communications both by road, rail, and water. The drainage is towards the south-east.

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to consist of

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whole northern frontier of ninety-five miles there is the "silent highway" of the great river By river. Gogra, connecting Fyzabad throughout the year with Bengal and the Gangetic valley. For seventy miles By railway, the railway from/ Aza,nlgarh and Benares traverses the district from south to north at Ajodhya and Fyzabad, and thence westmetalled highwards to Lucknow and Bombay. By road. ^^^ ^^ Sultanpur, Partabgarh, and Allahabad on the south, and another to Daryabad, Nawabganj, and Lucknow on the west, are open for trafiic throughout the year, and good unmetalled roads cross the country in every direction. The metalled roads are sixty miles in There are numerous ferries on length, unmetalled 428, the railroad 66. the Gogra, and at Fyzabad itself the river is bridged during the diy season of the year, the station of Gonda being thus brought within a four hours' The principal roads radiate from drive on a metalled road from Fyzabad. Fyzabad west and south. That to Lucknow is raised a,nd m.etalled throughout. The road to Sultanpur is of the same description. On the road to Eae Bareli, twenty miles in this district, and Azamgarh vid Tanda, fifty miles, some bridges remain to be constructed.

Communications.

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following extract from the route-book gives details:

The

principal unmetalled roads are

1st.

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which connects Fyzabad with Azamgarh in the North-Westfifty miles throughout this district, and

ern Provinces. This passes for the stages are-^

Jalaluddinnagar, ten miles from Fyzabad; Begamganjl ten miles further; Tdnda, nine miles; and Baskhari, ten miles. There are no rivers, but ten ravines.

Iltifatganj, eleven miles;

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2nd. That which connects Fyzabadwith Jaunpur in the North- Western This passes for sixty miles throughout this district, Provinces vid Tanda. and the stages are— Jalaluddinnagar, ten miles from Fyzabad; then Begamganj, ten miles further; Iltifatganj, 11 miles; Tanda, nine miles; Samanpur, ten miles; and The Tharwa and the Tons are rivers near lastly, Surharpur, ten miles.