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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 176 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DIBRUGARH , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

LAKHIMPUR

Lakhimpur See also:

DISTRICT

district of eastern See also:

Bengal and See also:

ASSAM

Assam, of which it is the See also:

head-quarters, situated on the Dibru See also:

RIVER

river about 4 M. above its confluence with the See also:

BRAHMAPUTRA

Brahmaputra. Pop. (Igor) 11,227. It is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of steamer See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation on the Brahmaputra, and also of a railway See also:

RUNNING

running to important See also:

COAL

coal-mines and See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum See also:

wells, which connects with the Assam-Bengal See also:

SYSTEM

system. Large quantities of coal and See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea are exported. There are a military See also:

CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment, the headquarters of the volunteer See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps known as the Assam Valley See also:

LIGHT

Light See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse; a See also:

government high, school, a training school for masters; and an aided school for girls. In 1900 a medical school for the See also:

province was established, out of a See also:

BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

bequest leftby See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade-Surgeon J. See also:

Berry-See also:

White, which is maintained by the government, to See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital assistants for the tea gardens. The See also:

Williamson See also:

ARTISAN, or ARTIZAN

artisan school is entirely supported by an endowment.

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