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It must be borne in mind that the most densely 

 populated parts of India are crowded because of 

 the favourable circumstances for making a living by 

 agriculture, because there is generally a good rainfall, 

 because it is on low ground where the heat is very 

 great, because the ground is level, which facilitates 

 cultivation, so that in these areas not merely rice, 

 wheat and other kinds of grain will grow, but every 

 kind of vegetation is prolific, and it is probable that 

 bamboos or other canes, or other wood, would 

 grow very fast and yield combustible material. In 

 dry lands, Professor Troup mentions the tamarix 

 as a tree that grows quickly and gives good wood 

 suitable for fuel. 



In the afforestation of the Etawah district of the 

 United Provinces, as described by Mr. E. A. Smythies, 

 I.F.S., the plants of which the seeds were sown are 

 as follows : Babul, shisham, teak, tun, haldu, etc., 

 etc., and these show quite handsome plantations at 

 the end of three years, from twice to four times the 

 height of a man. These are in dry situations depend- 

 ing on the rainfall. In each one of the 261 districts, 

 in addition to the cultivated area, there is a large 

 area of land which might be cultivated, and also a 

 large area which it is said is not available for cultiva- 

 tion. This area, not available for cultivation, where 

 it is not town land, water or bare rock, may be 

 sandy desert or jungle, which might be made cultur- 

 able if it was irrigated or planted with trees, or in 

 other ways adapted by the enterprise of man to 

 some useful purpose. It is probable that some part 



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