INTRODUCTION 



HAVE you ever been out in camp in the jungles of 

 India in the cold weather ? 

 If so, you will have had a foretaste of a 

 Paradise. If you have not and can by any 

 manner of means compass a visit, take the advice of 

 one who has and go. 



The jungles of India are nowadays alas that it is so ! 

 easy of access, even to the man with but a small purse, 

 and a few months' leisure. Fourteen days will take you 

 from Charing Cross to Bombay Harbour. A luxurious 

 first-class carriage will then carry you close to as wild a 

 jungle as heart of man can desire, the number of hours 

 spent on the railway being dependent on your choice of 

 locality. And, once arrived, you must indeed be hard to 

 please if the glamour and fascination of your surroundings 

 do not grip you. 



You may be sportsman, zoologist or botanist. Your 

 hobby may be sketching the jungles have but rarely 

 been adequately portrayed. You may admire scenery, 

 wild scenery, or be merely a lover of nature in its purest 



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