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Chironji. A small soft-looking jungle tree, bearing a sloe-like berry of 



considerable sweet-acidity. 

 Chital (Cervus Axis}. The Indian spotted deer. 

 Chhota (or ' chota '). Small of small importance younger. 

 Dak. Post. 



De--war. Junction of nalas. 

 Dhamin (Grewia elastica). The Indian lancewood tree. Usually of small 



size ; grows in coppices. 



* Dim ' f S a hib. Deputy Commissioner. (Indian ' pidgin '-English.) 



Fakir (lit. a holy beggar). A dervish. 



Gaoli. Cowherd. 



Gdra. The ' kill/ the prey killed by a feline. 



Gari--uudla. Cart-driver. 



Gharri. Small mud fort. 



Ghat. Mountain pass or path. Also, bathing or embarking place at a 



river side, etc. 



Gond. A jungle tribe of Kolarian (aboriginal) stock. 

 Halldl (lit. ' lawful).' Usually used to express animal food rendered lawful 



for Mahomedans by the orthodox throat-cutting ceremony. 

 Hazur. * Your Excellency.' 



Hela. Male buffalo. Here used to denote a young male buffalo calf. 

 Holt. A Hindu festival of a Bacchanalian, Eleusinian kind. 

 Jamaddr. A kind of semi-military rank. A ' commander of a guard.* 



Here meaning the native assistant who controls a Government forest post. 

 Jdt. A tribe of Hindus inhabiting the Delhi and neighbouring districts. 

 Jawdri (Sorghum vulgari). Indian giant millet. 

 Jungle. The opposite of inhabited land j it may be either a pathless forest or 



a mere stretch of uncultivated grass and scrub. 

 Kadbi (or Karbi). Dried stalks of jaivdri. 

 Kamarband. ' Waist-binding ' Waist-cloth. 



Karunda. Thorny evergreen bush, bearing a pleasant, slightly acid pulpy berry. 

 Kdnvit. A medium-sized tree with small leaves, bearing a hard round fruit the 



size of a cricket ball. The inside is soft, and when dried and rilled with 



gunpowder is used as a bomb to scare animals from thick covert, caves, 



etc., in which they may have taken refuge. 



Khakar (Ceriiulus aureus). The barking deer, rib-faced deer, or muntjak. 

 Khora. A glen small or big, or a deep ravine in a hillside. 

 Khubbar for Khab^}. News news of the whereabouts of wild animals. 

 K'smat. Fate. Luck. 



