CHAPTEE XXL 



Bang Bhoodist Caves A Recluse Four Tigers tracked Cub shot Bears and 

 Bees Dhokul shoots a Cub Tigress and Cub shot Peacocks Mogra 

 Ravine Jungle on fire Bear shot A tiger escapes Dog attacked by 

 Panther Tigress shot Bull killed by a Tiger Stalking Tactics Plat- 

 form-shooting by night Hysena shot Tiger killed Move to Tanda 

 Tiger shot Death of Foorsut The Bag. 



ABOUT the early part of the month of February 1864, 1 visited 

 Bang, in company with Captain P. Bannerman and his family. 

 This place, though now only a village, was formerly of con- 

 siderable importance, and its antiquity is evidently very 

 great. The larger portion of the modern houses is built with 

 large flat bricks of very superior quality, which have been dug 

 out from the numerous buildings occupied by the earlier in- 

 habitants, but now fallen to decay and covered over with earth 

 and rubbish. The town is overlooked on the north side by an 

 oblong fort standing on a spur of elevated ground. It con- 

 sists of a thick wall of red sandstone, which, together with a 

 strong gateway, is in tolerably good repair. The Waugnee 

 river lies on the south side. Its bed is broad and sandy, and 

 during the hot months the stream ceases to flow. The 

 surrounding territory is a wild, hilly tract, covered with 

 thick thorny jungle. The soil is rich in iron ore, and in 

 many places the old iron-pits may be seen, long since deserted 

 by the miners, and now the favourite resort of wild beasts. 



But Baug is chiefly interesting for the rock-cut Bhoodist 

 temples in its vicinity. On the left bank of the Waugnee 



