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incense-like gum. As yet of no apparent use as timber or 



anything else. 



Samdlu. A weedy willow-like bush, growing in beds of streams. 

 Sdmbar (Ccrvus unicolor). The largest of the Rusine type of 



Indian deer, and in point of size inferior only to the Wapiti 



of N. America. Exceeds 14 hands at the shoulder. Horns 



possess only six points. Maximum length 48^ inches and 



very massive. 



Sari. The single garment worn by Indian women. 

 Stndhi. The Indian date-palm. Sometimes, also, the juice 



of this palm. 



"Shdbdshl" "Well done!" 

 Shditdn. Devil. Demon. 

 Shikar. A Persian word denoting " hunting," and used in India 



to express all kinds of the pursuit of game and fish, hawking, 



hog-hunting, etc. 

 Shikari. A hunter. 



Sooar (or Si'iar). The hog wild or tame. 

 Tahsil. A subdivision of an Indian Civil District or Zillah. 

 Tahsilddr. The minor official in charge of a Tahsil. 

 Taklai. A tree somewhat akin to the salai, but "more so." 



Grows larger than the salai, is less common, more leafless 



(being in leaf during June, July, August, and September 



only), and possesses an extraordinarily smooth, soft, skin-like 



bark which peels in large flakes. 

 Tom-tom. Indian drum. 

 Topi. Hat. 

 Tur. A species of pea growing on a strong straggling plant 



sometimes over four feet in height. 

 Ujdr. Deserted. Overgrown by encroaching jungle. 

 Worli. A raised oblong mound of earth or stones serving as a 



landmark or the boundary of a field. 

 Zillah. District. 



