CHAPTEE XX. 



AUee Rajpore Shoot with the Kajah Tigress shot Tigress killed in 

 Sankree Tokree Ravine A Long Shot Hunt in Mogra Ravine Tiger 

 and three Cubs Cheetah Move to Jhabbooa Bugore Dhokul Sing- 

 Big Tiger shot Kullianpore Tigress shot Tiger wounded Four 

 Tigers at Bugore Narrow Escape of Dhokul Camp on Anas River 

 Large Tiger wounded : followed up and slain Boar's Skull Tortoise 

 A Cunning Tiger Break up the Camp Rodent Bouquet. 



TOWARDS the commencement of the hot season of 1863 I 

 visited the chief of Allee Eajpore, at the south-west corner of 

 my political charge. The whole of this country is occupied 

 by Bheels and Bhillalas, a race said to have sprung from the 

 intermarriages of Bheels with Eajpoots. They are in a small 

 degree more settled in their habits than the Bheels, and are 

 more intelligent cultivators ; but they often suit their manners 

 to their company, those who live among the Bheels frequently 

 joining in predatory excursions. The mowa-tree flourishes 

 over the whole district, and supplies a large portion of the 

 food of the inhabitants. The soil is light and sandy, and the 

 irregular patches of cultivation are intermingled with rocky 

 ridges and ravines. 



Being aware that the chief was in the habit of going out 

 occasionally after tigers, I supposed he had some pet preserve 

 not far off; and on my suggesting that I should like to 

 accompany him, he forthwith gave orders for his shikarees 

 to exercise their intelligence in their own department. Ac- 

 cordingly, on the day on which I intended to march I sent 

 off my camp to the Hutnee river, twelve miles to the east- 



