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SUL 405 The old district-(concluded.) Tahsil, Pargana. Number of mauzas or towaships. Total area in British statute miles. Remarks. es AMETEI Amethi Ieauli Tappa Asi ta 264 85 97 299 61 67 Total 546 IP 427 SULTANPUR $ Sultanpor Chanda 299 290 246 180 Total 689 376 101 Distriet Total ... 1,913 1,569 The additions to the district then comprise the trans-Gumti parganas of Isauli, Sultanpur Baraunsa, Aldemau, and Surharpur ; a description of them is given under the respective headings, and for an account of the old district of Sultanpur, which still constitutes the main portion of the new one, the settlement officer may be consulted. Tbe present 'district lies between 81'36' and 82° 43' east longitudo, and between 26° 3' and 26° 38' north latitude, Its extreme length is above 80 miles; its extreme breadth about 38. Slope and watershed.—With the exception of a gradual and scarcely perceptible slope from north-west to south-east, its surface is generally level, being broken only by ravines by which its drainage is effected. Its watershed is identical with that of the Gumti and Sai rivers, starting from a point nine miles west of Haidargarh in the Bara Banki district; it passes a little to the south of Jáis and Sultanpur; its altitude above mean sea level being there 351 and 352 feet respectively, and thence onward to Dáúdpur some miles east of Partabgarh. General appearance.-The various parts of the district present by no means a uniform aspect; the scenery of many spots on the Gumti is exceed- ingly pretty, but its immediate neighbourhood is for the most part a black and ravine cut tract, the dreariness of which is sometimes relieved only by mango groves and single trees, and sometimes even these are wanting. The road from Lucknow to Jaunpur again traverses nearly throughout its entire length in this district; highly cultivated and well wooded villages, rich in landscapes as picturesque and varied as a level country can display, while in strong contrast with this fertile range there lies on the extremo south a broad belt of rice land which, interspersed with large arid plains and swampy jhíls and marshes, possesses the dismal and uninteresting character peculiar to such vicinities.