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AT the present time, when more attention is paid to the influence of meteorological phenomena upon society, it would be useful to give some information as to the bearing of the local droughts and famines on our trade and the prospect of its revival. The China and Indian trades have not yet recovered. The droughts have also affected Egypt and Morocco. In the West Indies, Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil they are still operative.
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CLARKE, H. The Drought. Nature 19, 53 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/019053c0
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