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VIZAGAPATAM , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

MADRAS

Madras See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency. The town stretches 3 M. along the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and has a station on a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

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

branch of the See also:

East Coast railway, 484 M. N.E. of Madras. Pop. (1901) 40,892. It lies on a small See also:

BAY

bay, the See also:

south extremity of which is bounded by a promontory known as the See also:

DOLPHIN

Dolphin's See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

Nose, and its See also:

NORTHERN

northern extremity by the suburb of Waltair. The town or fort, as it is called, is separated from aft Dolphin's Nose by a small See also:

RIVER

river, which forms a See also:

bar where it enters the See also:

sea, but is passable for vessels of 300 tons during See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring tides. An See also:

ENGLISH

English factory was established here See also:

early in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, which was captured by the See also:

French in 1757, but shortly afterwards recovered. The town owes much to the munificence of the neighbouring See also:

RAJA

raja of See also:

VIZIANAGRAM

Vizianagram. A See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply has been provided at a cost of £30,000. Waltair is the See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter. There is a considerable See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

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

population and a branch of the See also:

LONDON

London See also:

MISSION

The exports by sea include See also:

MANGANESE (symbol Mn; atomic weight, 54.93 (0=16)], a metallic chemical element. Its dioxide (pyrolusite)

manganese ore, See also:

rice and See also:

SUGAR

sugar. Some See also:

WEAVING

weaving is carried on, and there is a speciality of ornamental boxes, &c., carved out of See also:

SANDAL (from the Latinized form of Gr. vavb4Atov or vav&aAov: this probably represents the Persian sandal, slipper; it is not to be referred to Gr. stasis, board)

sandal-See also:

wood, See also:

horn, See also:

ivory, See also:

PORCUPINE (Fr., pore-epic, " spiny pig ")

porcupine quills and See also:

SILVER

silver. The DISTRICT OF VIZAGAPATAM has an See also:

AREA

area of 17,222 sq. m., being one of the largest districts in India. It is a picturesque and hilly See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, but for the most See also:

PART

part unhealthy. The See also:

SURFACE

surface is generally undulating, rising towards the interior, and crossed by streams, which are dry except during 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:

main portion is occupied by the Eastern See also:

GHATS, or GHAUTS (literally " the Landing Stairs " from the sea, or " Passes ")

Ghats. The slopes of these mountains are clothed with luxuriant vegetation, amid which rise many tall See also:

FOREST

forest trees, while the See also:

BAMBOO

bamboo grows profusely in the valleys. .The drainage on the east is carried by numerous streams See also:

DIRECT

direct to the sea, and that to the See also:

west flows into the See also:

GODAVARI

Godavari through the Indravati or through the Sabari and Siller See also:

rivers. To the west of the range is situated the greater portion of the extensive zamindari of See also:

JAIPUR, or JEYPORE

Jaipur, which is for the most part very hilly and jungly. In the extreme See also:

north a remarkable See also:

mass of hills, called the Nimgiris, rise to a height of 5000 ft. The See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain along the Bay of See also:

Bengal is a vast See also:

SHEET

sheet of cultivation, See also:

green with rice See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and gardens of sugar-See also:

CANE

cane and See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco. There are See also:

GREAT

great varieties of See also:

CLIMATE

climate in the district.

Along the coast the See also:

air is soft and relaxing, the prevailing winds being south-easterly. The See also:

AVERAGE

average See also:

ANNUAL

annual rainfall at Vizagapatam exceeds 40 in. Pop. (1901) 2,933,650, showing an increase of 4.7% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops are rice, millets, pulses and oil-seeds, with some sugar-cane, See also:

cotton and tobacco. The coast portion of the district is traversed throughout by the East Coast railway, opened from Madras to See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta in 1904; and a See also:

LINE

line through the hills from Vizianagram to See also:

RAIPUR

Raipur in the Central Provinces has been sanctioned. The See also:

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

chief seaports are See also:

BIMLIPATAM

Bimlipatam and Vizagapatam. On the See also:

DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the See also:

MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

EMPIRE

empire Vizagapatam formed part of the territory known as the Northern Circars, which were ceded to the East India See also:

COMPANY

Company by See also:

TREATIES

treaties in 1765 and 1766. It was See also:

long before British authority was established over the hilly See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract inland, inhabited by aboriginal tribes, and still ad-ministered under a See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

SYSTEM

system, which vests in the See also:

COLLECTOR

collector the See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of a See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent. This tract, forming more than two-thirds of the whole district, is known as the Agency. See The Vizagapatam District Gazetteer (Madras, 1907).

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