6 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



prisoner, our troops occupied the town, 

 and the officers were quartered in the 

 palace, the largest hall in which was set 

 apart for a mess-room. 



Some surprise was excited when it 

 was found that all round this hall, just 

 under the cornice, were emblazoned the 

 titles and name of the Eajah, and im- 

 mediately below them the name of God, 

 under which again appeared the name 

 and title of the Queen of England. 

 This was the madman's way of announc- 

 ing his superiority to all other powers in 

 heaven or in earth ! 



I started for the Bay of Belikeri, my 

 head-quarters in North Canara, in the 

 month of December, when a steady and 

 continuous northerly wind renders sail- 

 ing up the coast tedious. I therefore 



