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Art. VI. —A Statistical and Geological Memoir of the Country from Punah to Kittor, South of the Krishna River

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

Extract

Some hasty observations, collected during a rapid march that I made in 1824, between Punah and Kittor, gave rise to this memoir, which, though brief and imperfect, may not altogether be devoid of interest, since the geology and statistics of few countries are less known than those of India. Connected as this portion of the globe now is with the political and commercial prosperity of Great Britain, the resources of the country, the mineral treasures of its rocks, the capabilities and productions of its soil, the condition of the inhabitants, and their prospect and means of attaining a higher scale of civilisation, deserve the attention of the legislator, merchant, philanthropist, and man of science. Its statistics and geology are yet desiderata: and though the portion of information here communicated be but a speck on the ocean that lies before us, it will perhaps contribute something towards a clearer view and more accurate chart of the whole, which may be brought, I hope, to perfection in the course of time.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1835

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page 66 note 2 Holcus sorgum.

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page 68 note 1 Triticum monocum.

page 68 note 2 Cicer arictinum.

page 68 note 3 Triticum spelta.

page 68 note 4 Carthanus Persicus.

page 68 note 5 Verbesina sativa.

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page 75 note 5 Coronilla grandiflora.

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