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nified ; some of them having been formed into beautiful 

 temples covered with carvings of figures, of men and 

 animals, &c, very well executed. 



I especially noticed two monkeys, one fleaing the other, 

 cut out of the hard stone, also two elephants with a man 

 seated, and in another temple, the figure of a man milking 

 a buffalo whilst she licks her calf, evidently by the same hand 

 which carved the elephants. Some of the temples formed 

 by detached masses of stone were very beautiful, especially 

 one with four columns of great height, which was most 

 elegant in shape. 



In September, 1853, I went on a trip to Bidaree, about 

 twenty-six miles from Bangalore, and began again my sport- 

 ing days, first by sitting up all night for a tiger which would 

 not come, and in the day time looking for bears which were 

 not at home ; or away over the hills as a last hope of meeting 

 some sort of game ; but not a thing did I see. 



On the 5th October, in the same year, I started with 

 Sweet and Digby for a trip to Davaroy-droog, and a more 

 miserable ten days' sport I never had. The only result was 

 that I and both my companions caught very bad fevers. 

 Digby was taken ill a day or two before me, and Sweet on 

 the same day ; my attack was very severe, in fact it rested on 

 the turn of a hair whether I was to live or die. Thank God ! 

 the turn was on the side of life ; but who would have thought 

 that we should have got fever at Davaroy-droog, as it was 

 supposed to be quite safe. On the 30th of November I 

 went up with Sweet before the Medical Board, and we were 

 ordered to the hills till the end of March, with extension of 

 leave if necessary. We left Bangalore on 12th December, 

 arriving at Ootacamund at sunset on the 15th. The first 



