NELLORE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• MADRAS

Madras See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency . The town is on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• PENNAR, or PENNER

Pennar See also:

• RIVER

river, and has a station on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

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

Coast railway, 109 M . N. of Madras See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Pop . (1901) 32,040 . There are See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, See also:

• AMERICAN

American Baptist and See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions . The DISTRICT OF NELLORE has an See also:

• AREA

area of 8761 sq. m . It comprises a See also:

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

tract of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying See also:

• LAND

land extending from the See also:

• BASE

base of the Eastern See also:

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

Ghats to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Its See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general aspect is forbidding: the coast-See also:

• LINE

line is a fringe of blown See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand through which the waves occasionally break, spreading a See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt sterility , over the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields . Farther inland the 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 begins to rise, but the See also:

• SOIL

soil is not naturally fertile, nor are means of See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation readily at See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . About one-See also:

• HALF

half of the See also:

• TOTAL

total area is cultivated; the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest is either rocky See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste or is covered with low scrub See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle . The See also:

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

chief See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are the Pennar, Suvarnamukhi and Gundlakamma .

They are not navigable, but are utilized for irrigation purposes, the chief irrigation See also:

• WORK

work being the anicut across the Pennar . Nellore, however, is subject both to droughts and to floods . See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

Copper was discovered in the western hills in 1801, but several attempts by See also:

• EUROPEAN

European capitalists to work the ore proved unremunerative, and the enterprise has been abandoned since 1840 . See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron ore is smelted by indigenous methods in many places, but the most important See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is that of See also:

• MICA

mica . Salt is largely manufactured along the sea-coast . Nellore, with the other districts of the Carnatic, passed under See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in 1801 . The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 1,496,987 showing an increase of 2.3% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . In 1904 a portion of the district was transferred to the newly formed district of Guntur, reducing the remaining area to 7965 sq. m., with a population of 1,272,815 . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are millets, See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice; other See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food grains, See also:

• INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo and oil-seeds . The breed of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle is celebrated . The East Coast railway, See also:

• RUNNING

running through the length of the district, was opened throughout for See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic in 1899 . The See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section from Nellore town to Gudur, formerly on the See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre See also:

• GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge, has been converted to the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard gauge .

Previously the chief means of communication with Madras was by the See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . The sea-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is insignificant .