Near villages, where the land is well watered and manured, the crops are fine and well varied.
All the pools are full from the late rain, and they are numerous and sufficient to water the whole surface of the country, with a moderate fall of rain in December or January.

If they are not available, the water is always very near the surface, and wells can be made for irrigation at a small cost.

The many rivers and rivulets which enter Oude from the Himmalaya chain and Tarae forest, and flow gently through the country towards the Ganges, without cutting very deeply into the soil, always keep the water near the surface, and available in all quarters and in any quantity for purposes of irrigation.

Never was country more favoured, by nature, or more susceptible of improvement under judicious management.

There is really hardly an acre of land that is not capable of good culture, or that need be left waste, except for the sites of towns and villages, and ponds for irrigation, or that would be left waste under good government.