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of which is the Babu Budan to the north, E. Long. 75, 37 

 to 75, 50, N. Lat. 13, 34 to 13, 22, forming a right 

 angle, the two arms taking a westerly and southerly 

 direction, respectively, each about 15 miles in length, and 

 its most southerly peak, the Mulain-giri, rising to a 

 height of 6,317 feet above the level of the sea. The 

 atmosphere here being very rarified, one has a clear view 

 of mountains nearly all round, Mysore being a 

 plateau locked in between the Eastern and Western 

 Ghauts. 



Having given some idea of the "flora" of Mysore, 

 I will now add a few words on her " fauna." There 

 are neither elephants nor lions now in this part of 

 India, and even tigers and bisons are not very 

 frequent, but the cheeta, jackal, and monkey, the 

 planter's enemy, the latter having a partiality for the 

 coflee berry, are plentiful, and the sportsman has a 

 choice of game in the spotted deer, a very pretty, 

 sagacious animal, the hog-deer, and the jungle sheep, 

 which is delicious eating ; it has however, neither the 

 beautiful horns, nor is it as large as the gigantic wild 

 sheep (Ovis ^joli) of the Tian Shan range in central 

 Asia, of which an excellent description appears in 

 Lieut.-Col. Gordon's "Boof of the World." 



Squirrels and rats are in abundance. Of reptiles, 



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