SECTION IL— SOUTHERN INDIA. 



CHAPTER IX. 



TRICHINOPOLY. 



Trichinopoly. — The evil influence of caste in India. — The re- 

 turn of Chineah, and our prospects of sport. — My shooting- 

 cart and battery described. — Preparations for a start, 



I WAS quartered for some time at Trichinopoly, one 

 of the dullest of our military stations in Southern 

 India, which city certain learned authorities aver 

 has only a single sheet of brown paper between it 

 and the infernal regions. Every Anglo-Indian will 

 tell you that it is famous for three things — viz., 

 magnificent snipe-shooting, unrivalled cheroots, and 

 delicate and exquisitely wrought gold chains. 



Trichy, (short for Trichinopoly,) like most other 

 Indian cities, possesses a stone citadel, formerly an 

 old pagoda, built on an almost inaccessible rock, 

 which rises isolated out of the plain and commands 

 the neighbouring country. This is surrounded by 



