Excerpt from Land and Labour in a Deccan Village: Study No; 2 But very little to the east of the village which formed the basis Of our former study, the country changes so far as climate is concerned. The total rainfall rapidly becomes different. While a few miles to the west of Poona we are in an area considered as fairly safe from famine, a few miles to the east we reach a part of the country where the uncertainty of the rain is great, and where famine is frequent. Generally speaking the soil is deeper and heavier and is considered more fertile in the latter districts, but it is possible to select a village which will reproduce the condition Of the western area fairly closely in the matter of soil, and in which the effect of the change of climate can be closely studied in the character Of the cultivation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.