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PREFACE. 



rMHIS book treats more particularly of the British pos- 

 sessions in Upper India, and is an attempt to show how 

 the climate may be improved and the resources developed. If 

 the suggestions here made are effectual in Upper India, they 

 may also be of use in many other parts of the world where 

 the climate is divided into dry and wet seasons, or which are 

 liable to periods of drought. 



A. F. CORBETT. 



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