Part VIII] Smythies : Afforestation of Ravine Lands 
3 
then it is shown that successful and even profitable plantations can 
be created under Such conditions, how much more is it advisable or 
desirable to treat the more favourably situated areas, the extensive 
waste lands and gentle ravines in the vicinity of the large towns (such 
as Lucknow, Cawnpore, Delhi, etc.) or adjoining the railways, and 
with easy facilities for export of produce to the principal centres of 
demand. 
This point will be referred to again. 
This note has been divided into two parts. Part I.—Consists of a 
general description of the tract, of the usual departmental methods 
of work and treatment, of results obtained and future possibilities. 
Part II.—Summarises the experience gained in 1919 in utili¬ 
sing large masses of famine relief labour on ravine reclamation ; a special 
branch of the work which is almost certain to be necessary again, and 
therefore the very useful experience then gained was considered 
worth permanently recording in an accessible and convenient form. 
The photographs illustrating this note were taken partly by the 
writer and four instructive photographs on ravine reclamation results 
have been included by kind permission of Mr. C. E. C. Cox, I.F.S. 
They show :— 
(1) The ravine desert lands before treatment. 
(2) The methods of soil preparation by famine labour. 
(3) The ravine lands after soil preparation is completed. 
(4) Examples of the plantations already created under various 
conditions. 
These photographs will, it is hoped, help to explain the written de¬ 
scription, as well as add to the interest of the note. 
[ 219 ] 
c 2 
