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GONDA DISTRICT ARTICLE.

ABSTRACT OF CHAPTEES. L— General IV.

II.—The people. III.—Agriculture. Administrative aspects. V.—History.

features.

CHAPTER

I.

GENERAL FEATURES. The (xonda district— Its description— Rivera— Present appearance of the district— District amply supplied with lakes— A favourable haunt for sportsmen— Government forests sjid valuable trees— Fauna— Endurance of Rampur ponies, and breeding of cattleGreat mortality among the herds of cattle— Rainfall for last five years for nine years for famine years— Average temperature— Statistics of temperature— Statistics of births,' deaths, &o. Disease and its causes Means of communication.

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crest of the lower range of the hills divides Gonda on the north froni Naipal. It is bounded on the west by Bahraich, district,

The Gonda

°^ ^^^ east by Basti, and

its southern boundary is the Gogra. The district included within these limits has an area of 2,718 square miles, inclusive of Government forest, and is in shape a rough oblong, slightly pinched in the middle, with an extreme length of 68, and a breadth of 66 miles. Its description.

Latitude, 26° 48' to 27° 55' north



longitude, 81° 34' to 82° 49' east.

above the sea varies from 2,750 feet, the height of the ridge above mentioned, to 303 feet on the bank of the Gogra. Its population is 1,166,515, being at the rate of 425 per square mile. Its elevation