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The

Fyzabad, which is doubtless more regular than that in the western districts, averaged 42 inches in the last nine ^"^*" years, 1865 1875, according to the revenue report. In only two years was the rainfall under 30 inches, but 1864 and 1861 were rainfall of

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^Iso years of drought.

Average faM of rain in

the

Tears.

Fyzahad

district.

Inches.

1862

37-5 41 26-6

1863,

1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 2869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874

33 •» 40-0 50-2

231 45-6 54-8

70-5 34-3 27 -Q 48-3 33-8

1875.

Average fpr fourteen years

Fyzabad

is

43-2

worse stocked with game than any other

district

in Oudh.

Wild

pigs are tolerably numerous in the khadir of the Gogra ; black buck are met with very sparsely in the west of the district. Even ducks and geese are comparatively scarce; bears and spotted deer are also unknown. In other respects the. fauna does not differ from that described under Kheri and Sitapur.

Fauna

The physical Physical features

features of the country are very similar to those of the adjacent districts of Oudh, and thus call for but brief

and lakes properly plain,

notice here. Without hills or valleys, devoid of forests so called, the district presents the appearance of a vast

—a boundless contiguity of

well-cultivated fields, interspersed with

numerous mango groves and scattered trees,, the greatest and most notable among which is the sacred pipal {Ficus reUgiom), Thepipal spreading wide its immemorial arms, dear to Vishnu, and dear to the feathered tribes, to whom, in the very hottest season of the year, when all other trees are scorched and dry and dusty," it affords an umbrageous shelter of fresh green leaves.

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It

and the The

tall

seioal

semal (Bomhax hepta^hylla), or cotton tree, with its great buttressed trunk, and in the season its bright robe of scarlet flowers, form the most striking olgiccts in the

Fyzabad landscape.

The bamboos, Bamboo

round every village and'hamltit, waving their feathery huge ferns, add to the general beauty of the scene, and in every n^ay the country presents a

too,

foliage like