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To: Lilian Debray who wrote (148)	5/1/2000 11:08:00 PM
From: .Trev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 183

Lilian you really should market your research capabilities. On the other hand I can't find things like you do but relying on my memory of personal experiences has to do.. The name you mention doesn't sound familiar, and I don't recall it being a separate State, but I seem to have lost my high school Atlas when I closed my office a couple of years back, and I know exactly where to find it in there. The book had worn to a collection of loose leaves flying almost in formation. You came close to provoking me onto one of my hobby horses talking about denudation. The only thing more stupid than the people who cut the trees and burn them to cook their puny meals, are the goats who eat everything that grows, and then pull up the roots to make sure that they got everything. Why can't people understand that goats and camels don't survive in deserts, they create deserts.?? No wonder the goat is symbolic of the Devil in many cultures, IMHO they are at least closely related. There is no hope for agricultural survival in those societies that measure their wealth in goats Cheers

To: Lilian Debray who wrote (148)	5/2/2000 1:27:00 AM
From: .Trev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 183

Adendum:- Well Percy wins the day as usual....Percy Verance I mean. Searched harder and found my 1938 vintage Atlas, and confirmed that it was indeed the same place but in my day it was just part of India, not a State. My recollection of total annual rain was not so accurate. May to September is the wet period so if they have any hope this is the time for it. In the drier parts of that continent they have already consumed just about all the trees, and now carefully collect all the cattle manure and mix it with water to a consistency that allows it to stick to the outside wall of the house. When it dries and falls off it's ready for use as fuel on the cooking fire. Gives a nice smoky flavour to the chapatis. Probably just as hygienic as the jerry cans of water. In recent years a digester for anaerobic digestion of the manure provides methane which can be better stored and then used for cooking, or light or heating.The sludge remaining can then be used as fertilizer to help the formation of humus, and rehabilitation of the soil, just like compost. It's all a matter of educating the population at large. There's lots of work to be done. Glad I found the Atlas, as in spite of its tatters it's a bit of history with its addenda sheets covering the changes in European boundaries as they were occurring. Cheers