Jungle By- Ways in India 



in a westerly direction, and the third up the 

 other branch. We determined to follow the 

 latter. 



At about 9 a.m. we reached the top of an outer 

 spur of Kuilibrum, and here a few minutes' 

 breathing space were taken. 



I determined to make straight for the summit of 

 the Kuilibrum, and from that height take a good 

 look round at the surrounding country. The 

 final climb up of some 500 feet was almost vertical 

 and very stiff work. I was well rewarded, however, 

 as a glorious view of the surrounding country was 

 obtained. Those who have toured through and 

 shot through the beautiful jungles of the Central 

 Provinces and Chota Nagpur have rarely anything 

 but praise for this magnificent country. Out 

 in the plains and elevated plateaux, which run 

 from a few hundred square yards to a varying 

 number of square miles in extent, one finds oneself 

 ever in sight of the rolling tops of the surrounding 

 hills which edge the horizon either in soft, smooth 

 topped lines, or jut up in isolated but ever rounded 

 or dome-shaped masses. 



Forests clothe most of these hills with a beautiful 

 luxuriance, little verdure-filled valleys winding in 

 and out between the forest-clad or trappy barren 

 hill-sides, and in these valleys one will ever have 

 with one the tinkling sound of some purling 

 brook. The hill-ranges at times run up to eleva- 

 tions of several thousand feet, the cultivated or 



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