Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India : their haunts and habits from personal observations, with an account of the modes and capturing and taming elephants . or of mere tales of adventure. Ihave endeavoured to select incidents in hunting the various animals illustra-tive of their dispositions and habits; and though in turning over the leavesof my journal the temptation to introduce more scenes of contest betweenrifle and wild beast has been considerable, I trust none will complain thatmy butchers bill is too long! I have given short accounts of the jungle-tribes with whom I haveassocia
Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India : their haunts and habits from personal observations, with an account of the modes and capturing and taming elephants . or of mere tales of adventure. Ihave endeavoured to select incidents in hunting the various animals illustra-tive of their dispositions and habits; and though in turning over the leavesof my journal the temptation to introduce more scenes of contest betweenrifle and wild beast has been considerable, I trust none will complain thatmy butchers bill is too long! I have given short accounts of the jungle-tribes with whom I haveassociated in pursuing their scarcely wilder fellow - inhabitants of theforests; and as my recitals will be more intelligible when my readers havebeen introduced to the country in which most of the incidents chronicledhave occurred, I shall venture to devote a short chapter to a sketch of theprovince of Mysore. The accompanying map indicates its position in thepeninsula of India. E N C A MADRAS ipi(cm-y(French) 7?.Newipatanv TJw Provence of MYSORE iscolored Tjlue, also the Hill s of CHITTAGONG &GAR ROW HILLS referred to ThncomaleeYLON ndy mvtVer Point de Gall s. THERSY & C L (TMO. LONiJON. CHAPTER II. THE PROVINCE OP MYSORE. DESCRIPTION — CLIMATE — POPULATION—REVENUE—THE LATE MAHARAJAH — CHARACTEROF PEOPLE — CULTIVATION — RIVERS — CHIEF TOWNS —MYSORE BREED OF DRAUGHT-CATTLE—SEASONS. THE Mysore country is an elevated, undulating plateau of 27,004 squaremiles, lying between 13° 6and 15° 0 north latitude. Its lengthfrom north to south is 190 miles, and its width from east to west 230. Mysore is bounded on the north by the Bombay Collectorate of Dharwarand the Madras Collectorate of Bellary ; on the east and south by otherdistricts of the Madras Presidency; and on the west by Coorg, a dependentprovince, and the Western Ghats. Its chief town, Bangalore, is situated inthe same latitude as, and 200 miles due west of, Madras. Mysore is anative State in subsidiary allianc
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