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have been written by the authors whose names are subscribed Dr. Blanford died before he was able to revise his

to them. proofs.

Of

the other chapters, that on Meteorology

is

based

upon materials contributed by Sir John Eliot, K.C.I.E., f and that on Ethnology and Caste has t)een abridged from Sir H. Risley's chapter in the Report on the Census of India for 1901. Mr.

J.

W.

Browne.

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