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dammer, which is in general use 

 throughout India. 



In 1866, as the year wore on, the 

 dark shadow of the Orissa famine 

 spread and deepened over the northern 

 half of Ganjam, bringing with it many 

 a harrowing sight. During the greater 

 part of the year my assistants * and I 

 and the whole establishment were more 

 or less occupied with the conduct of the 

 various operations by which we en- 

 deavoured to combat the famine. Lord 

 Napier, then Governor of Madras, 

 visited the district, and gave his ready 



* Messrs. Horsfall, Sfcewai-fc, Goodriche, and 

 Grigg, four University men, who had lately 

 entered" the Civil Service, -were then assistants in 

 Ganjam, and gave me their zealous aid in all that 

 was done. 



