SINCLAIR, UPTON

(1878), Amer. author; 6. Baltimore. _ His book The Jungle, 1906, exposed deleteri ous pracexisting in meat-packing in tices then dustry, and led to government inspection of Chicago stockyards. Other works include The Money Changers, 1908; Plays of Protest, 1911; Damaged Goods, 1913; King Coal, 1916; The Bra Check, 1920. 69° E.), province, Bombay, India, pounded on N. by Balu chi stan and Punjab, on S. by Indian Ocean, on HE. by Rajputana, on W. by Batuchistan. Chief river, the Indus; land near it is fertile and watered by irrigation. Climate very dry and hot. Chief occupation is agriculture and wheat; rice, sugar, tobacco, indigo, hemp, cotton are grown. Chief towns are Karachi (large export trade) and Hyderabad. Sind was taken by Akbar, 1592, and on break-up of his empire it became a semi-independent state as it had been before. During Brit. Afghan War, 1838, Britain made treaties with Sind; these were repudiated, and Napier defeated Sind army at Meeanee, 1843. Annexation followed. Area, 53,116 sq. miles. Pop. 1921, 3 278,493.