The improvidence of the people is so great that, should one harvest fail, inevitable famine would be the result, there not being a single bushel of grain more in the country than is required for daily consumption.

Famine and faction were the allies on whom besiegers relied.

In this way the Irish famine, was a God-sent sort of a salvo for the slave-holder's conscience, so soothing and grateful to his tortured feelings that he was but too happy to pay for it by a contribution for the relief of Ireland.

The next step was to furnish employment at living wages for those who were penniless until we could help them to get upon their feet again, and finally to devise means and methods to meet such emergencies in the future, because famines are the fate of India and must continue to recur under existing conditions.

" "These Indian famines are a terrible business," said Judge Hildreth as they lingered over their dessert that evening.

These severe famines are a certain proof of bad husbandry.

The frequent famines have been an enormous drain upon the resources of the empire.

But Marius had command of the Via Appia, the Tiber, and most of the neighbourhood; and the famine became sorer in Rome.