CHAPTER XII. 



CHETTERPUR. 



THE head-quarter station of the district 

 was moved many years ago from the 

 town of Ganjam to a breezy upland four 

 miles off, called Chetterpur. A fever of 

 a particularly malignant character had 

 shown itself for two or three years in 

 succession in the once thriving and 

 populous town of Ganjam, and it had 

 become almost depopulated by death 

 and desertion. 



The fever has long since disappeared, 

 and the place no longer retains any 



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