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best that he should confine his operations to the districts of CHAP. 



Madura and Tinnevelly. In other words the Madras Go- , J 



vernment had already determined on bringing the Cotton 

 experiment to a close, and dispensing altogether with the 

 services of both Mr. Finnie and Dr. Wight. Indeed in the 

 following October, Mr. Finnie appears to have been on his 

 way to England ; but before noticing the circumstances 

 which immediately preceded this event, it will be necessary 

 to glance at a few particulars which are best narrated in a 

 separate chapter. 



