AGRICULTURE IN THE DISTRICT OF CAWi, 



PART I. 



1. THE district of Cawnpore lies between the large rivers Ganges and 

 Physical division of dis- Jumna, and is intersected by smaller rivers, the Pandu, 

 trict - the Rind (or Arind), and the Sengar, in the above geo- 



graphical order from north to south, and in the same order of importance as 

 affecting the physical characteristics of the district. The Isan passes through 

 the north of the district for but a short portion of its course, and affects the 

 general character but little. Other smaller streams drain local areas, and 

 mostly discharge into the three principal rivers ; of these the " Non," which 

 drains pargana Akbarpur, obtains considerable volume and discharges into the 

 Jumna in zila Fatehpur. A smaller stream also called Non (the term Non 

 implying srnalfncss, not saltness) drains Bilhaur and discharges into the 

 Ganges. 



2. We have therefore several doabs in this district, which may be de- 

 tailed in the following order : 



1. The Isan ... ... Kali nadi. 



5. The Ganges ... ... Panda. 



3. The Panda ... ... Rind. 



4. The Rind ... ... Sen gar. 



5. The Sengar ... ... Jumna. 



6. The Rind ... ... Jumna. 



Subordinate to which are 

 1. The Rind ... ... Non. | 2. The Non ... ... Jumna. 



3. The soils of these several doabs naturally vary considerably, but 

 the district is popularly divided roughly into the Ganges and Jumna parga- 

 nas, which division would fairly enough contrast the different characteristics 

 of pargana Bilhaur, north Shiurajpur, north Jajmau, and north Sarh Salempur 

 on comparison with Sikandra, Bhognipur, and south Ghdtampur, but does not 

 call sufficient attention to the intermediate class represented by Rasiilalad, De- 

 rapur, Akbarpur, south Jajmau, south Sarh Salempur, and norlh Ghatampur. 

 4. The following table gives the relative positions of the several parga- 

 nas to the doabs as shown in para. 3 : 



Isan-Kali nadi ... ... ... Bilhaur. 



f Bilhaur. 

 Shiurajpur north. 

 Jajmau north. 

 S&rh Salempur north. 



/ Kasulabad north. 



,,.,., } ShiurSjpur south. 



Pndu-Rind . , -) Jajmau south. 



V birh Salempur couth. 



