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PAR 107 apart. The road is metalled throughout from the Ganges bank to Fyza- bad, saving the river Sai at Bela."* " District roads. There is a very good network of country roads in the distaict, and the principal are the following: "(1.) From Rae Bareli to the headquarters station at Bela. Forty- four miles of it lie in this district, and it passes through the tahsil of Salon, the bazar of Lalganj, and the town of Partabgarh. This road is bridged save over the two streams of the Lonit and Sakarni, the former ten and a quarter and the latter five and a quarter miles from Bela. " (2.). From Bela to Gutni Ghát on the Ganges, thirty-nine miles. This passes through Partabgarh, three miles from Bela, and through the tahsil of Bihár, twenty-nine and a half miles from Bela, and through the bazar of Kunda, six miles from Bihar. "(3.) From Bela to Patti, fifteen and a half miles, crossing the Sai by the Fyzabad and Allahabad road, which aves about a mile north of the river at the Nawabganj bazar for Patti, thirteen miles distant. This road continues through Saifabad, eight miles from Patti on the north, to the town of Chánda (in the Sultanpur district), which is twelve miles from Patti. (4.) Bela to Badshahpur in the Jaunpur district, twenty-one miles, some twenty miles being in this district. The road passes by the Rámganj thána in the village of Pachhráo. “(5.) A road from Rae Bareli passing through Jagatpur Tanghan enters the Šalon tahsil, and passing through Mustafabad, Nawabganj, Báwan- Burji, Mánikpur,and Kunda leaves thedistrictat Lalganjin the Biňár tahsil." Allahabad. This is the most direct road from Lucknow to Allahabad. There are other minor roads, which do not call for particular descrip- tion e. 9. - 6. Salon to Ateha, 12 miles, 7. Salon to Dalmau Ghát in Rae Bareli district, 24 miles. 8. Salon to Naubasta Ghát on the Ganges, 16 miles.- 9. Salon to Mánikpur, 18 miles. 10. Salon to Lalganj on the Allahabad border, via Bihár, 28 miles. 11. Salon to Lalganj (in pargana Rámpur) to Atela, 12 miles. 12. Bela to Amethi vid Nawabganj, 24 miles. 13. Bela to Katra, 3 miles. 14. Patti tahsil to Rámganj thána, 14 miles. • In August, 1868, a large and handsome masonry bridge of pine arches and forty- five feet span was opened for traffic over the Sai at Bela Ghát. It was built under the immediate superintendence of the late Mr. D. Turser, Civil Engincer. Since Mr. King wrote the above, a fine masonry bridge has been completed over the Loni of fire arches, with a span of twenty-five feet.