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south. The hills south of the Brahmaputra in some parts reach the height of 800 ft. The Brahmaputra, which divides the district into two nearly equal portions, is navigable by river steamers throughout the See also:

YEAR

year, and receives several tributaries navigable by large native boats in the See also:

RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of these are the Manas, Chaul Khoya and Barnadi on the north, and the Kulsi and Dibru on the south See also:

BANK

bank. There is a See also:

government See also:

FOREST

forest preserve in the district and also a See also:

PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation where seedlings of See also:

TEAK

teak, sal, sissu, sum, and nahor are reared, and experiments are being made with the caoutchouc See also:

tree. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is entirely rural, the only See also:

TOWN

town with upwards of 5000 inhabitants being Gauhati (11,661).

The temples of Hajo and Kamakhya attract many pilgrims from all quarters. The See also:

STAPLE

staple See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop of the district is rice, of which there are three crops. The indigenous manufactures are confined to the See also:

WEAVING

weaving of See also:

SILK

silk and See also:

cotton cloths for See also:

home use, and to the making of See also:

brass cups and plates. The cultivation and manufacture of See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea by See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

capital is not very prosperous. The chief exports are rice, oil-seeds, See also:

TIMBER

timber and cotton; the imports are See also:

FINE

fine rice, See also:

salt, piece goods, See also:

SUGAR

sugar, betel-nuts, coco-nuts and hardware. A See also:

section of the Assam-Bengal railway starts from Gauhati, and a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Eastern Bengal railway has recently been opened to the opposite bank of the river. A metalled road runs due south from Gauhati to See also:

SHILLONG

Shillong.

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