BULLET AND SHOT 



quently captured in a kheddah in the Shimoga 

 district. 



Another good locality for spotted deer and 

 chinkara, is Yemmaydodie kaval one march from 

 Kadur ; and, as there is a Public Works Depart- 

 ment's bungalow on the ground, no tent need be 

 taken. Spotted deer are also numerous between 

 Sacrapatam, on the Kadur-Chickmaglur road, and 

 Santaweri, on the road from Chickmaglur across 

 the Baba Booden hills, as also in the vicinity of the 

 lyenkerray tank. Chinkara and antelope occur 

 between Kadur and Chickmaglur, and I have shot 

 the latter while staying at the Kadur bungalow, 

 though one usually has to ride some miles out from 

 thence in order to find them. There are often 

 tigers in the district forests near Tarikere, on the 

 road between Kadur and Shimoga. 



THE FORESTS OF THE BANGALORE DISTRICT 



The forests in this district consist for the most 

 part of scrub jungles, and tracts in which the 

 arboreal growth is more suitable for fuel than for 

 any higher purpose, with the single exception of 

 Kankanhully which is a timber forest. Bamboo 

 is prevalent in parts, and a feature of the district 

 is the great number of rocky hills, rising abruptly 

 from the plain, and clothed with thorny jungle 

 wherever there is any soil to support the latter, 



Bangalore is not a good district for shooting, but 

 a tiger has very occasionally been shot at Closepet, 

 on the line of rail between Bangalore and Mysore, 



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