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In some parts of Ganjam a great deal 

 of sugar-cane is grown, and as there are 

 many rocky hills which afford comfort- 

 able homes for the bears which abound 

 in the district, circumstances greatly 

 favour these creatures in the gratifica- 

 tion of their love of sugar. If they 

 once get through the fence which pro- 

 tects a plot of cane, they can rob and 

 then retire with impunity before daylight 

 to dens, out of which it is often impos- 

 sible to force them. I have heard of as 

 many as twenty-five bears being seen by 

 one observer in the course of a moon- 

 light night among the cane gardens. A 

 friend of mine once wounded a bear in 

 that neighbourhood and followed it to 

 its den under the rocks. Many unsuc- 

 cessful attempts were made to dislodge 



