785 [=146] (V.2)

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785

for the purpose, the extra water
may be passed off and allowed
to escape into side channels.
I have before alluded to the Raj-
-buha Heads and their channels,
as the safety valves for maintaining
an equilibrium under excess of
water, they will undoubtedly act
in this respect most beneficially.
The works, however, which I am
now describing are specifically
for the purpose of regulating
the channel supply, and for
maintaining it at such a depth
as may be most convenient to
the works, or most useful to the
cultivators. In designing these
works I have laid down the
following rules for my guidance,
and although from local causes
they have not always been
strictly attended to, they have
been followed to an extent suf-
-ficient to meet the purposes
which are contemplated.

1st With reference to 'position' I
have limited the distance between
the escapes to 40 miles, considering
that by adapting their capacity
for outlet to the volume of water
contained in the 40 miles of channel
to which they are intended to provide
the means of escape[s, struck through] the facilities
for regulators will be ample.

2nd In the sandy tracts which
constitute the elevated region lying
above the Ganges and West Kalli
Nuddi, to multiply the number
of escapes rather that to increase
their waterways; to encounter the
difficulties of contending with large
volumes of water in detail, rather
than in mass; and to facilitate
and

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