TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY. 3 



ow bought bv';. hnvoc thafc is 



! > H.Tuiiiit of the magnitude of the e™' 1 -* " 



lendim: the subject to the considerate 



the disappearance of all the ^ 7 ^whe^K 



East Indian Railway was commenced, ,, 

 sTtrees. fiTf ° f 1^ ^ ° n m ° derat( ' * 



•1 few and far between. The 



\ene\erat rest, and < he underwood cons,, . 



;ep and goats, in locust-like swarms, are let loose in the 



the wonder is that any i_'reen thin- survives, fndeed, 



h 



which goes on, Monghyr is 



they would now have been a useful asset to the 

 r reduction of once useful forest to useless scrub in recent 

 !, o (see pp - 6 ' 8 " ' "«• only contains 



nder forest properly r 



: Bengal. These 



' " '> livisions ntral h ihland v 



I : , 



'h flow direct from the province int 



l \"^ ' rK " »'■"<' *•< in the Flora ,.s the Central, Northern 

 hern tracts respectively. 



• It will be observed that some districts fall partly 

 ■" !! tra. f and partly into the Central tract, Thus SI 



! " all cuiKideral.le hill traH 

 '"'■ally into the Central tract. Gaya ha 

 "Us adjoining the Central tract. 



• The detailed topography of the districts would take 



