Sketches of native life and character in southern India . at once assaulted bythe jealous lords of the harem, and every Black Buckhas a tussle with the new comer, and as certainly, hashis horns entangled in the net which hangs about thehead of the decoy. In still hunting also, by night,with a pan of fire, the Shikaree is equally successfulamong the spotted deer, slaughtering great numbers ofthe inquisitive or fascinated animals, as they stareblankly at the light. Tigers, Shikarees will poison forthe sake of the Government reward, but it must besaid, that they will also shoot the monarch of the
Sketches of native life and character in southern India . at once assaulted bythe jealous lords of the harem, and every Black Buckhas a tussle with the new comer, and as certainly, hashis horns entangled in the net which hangs about thehead of the decoy. In still hunting also, by night,with a pan of fire, the Shikaree is equally successfulamong the spotted deer, slaughtering great numbers ofthe inquisitive or fascinated animals, as they stareblankly at the light. Tigers, Shikarees will poison forthe sake of the Government reward, but it must besaid, that they will also shoot the monarch of thejungles bravely, and upon foot, upon occasion. Theylove sport for its own sake, but they love money betterand their skin best of all. In conclusion it may be said,that the Shikaree is a very good specimen of the lowerclass of native. He is a terrible liar and not always tobe depended upon in a scrimmage with a wild beast,still he is pains-taking and tolerably courageous, and hewears, very naturally, an air of independence whichentitles him to our 170 and trapper tchis mode of cthe horns of {herd of wild cthe jealous loihas a tussle \his horns enthead of the dwith a pan oamong the spthe inquisitrblankly at ththe sake ofsaid, that tljungles bravlove sport fo:and their ski]that the Shiclass of nati\be dependecstill he is pawears, veryentitles him THE MADRAS SEPOY. ?X is sometimes amusing to listen to the differenceof opinion expressed upon the subject of thisarticle. Thus, six people will declare the sepoyto be a mild, inoffensive, lamb-like creature, brimful ofdevotedness to any power which will give him sevenrupees per mensem and a pension—a wonderful typeof human nature, in short, such as we are more accustom-ed to meet in Mrs. Henry Woods novels than in reallife ; while, half a dozen will assert, that the sepoy isa deceitful, treacherous, cruel ruffian, only requiringopportunity to shine forth as a human demon sailingunder the piratical flag of the deaths head and cr
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