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from the foot of the hills up to the hill-station of Naini 

 Tal. Road-constructing is a very important operation, 

 which comes necessarily into the work of Forest Officers ; 

 therefore I make no apology for including it in these 

 recollections, and describing the work and its incidents 

 first. Next will follow the story of the surveying of the 

 forests, both in the hills and in the plains of North-West 

 and Central India. Lastly I will treat of later experiences 

 in the duties of a Forest Conservator, and the management 

 of forests generally, and work in the districts of Gorakhpur 

 and the Nerbudda valley and Satpura hills, in the Central 

 Provinces. 



