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from the Pagoda awaiting our arrival at the public 

 bungalow, which is very pleasantly situated on the 

 ruins of an old fort, which, with a large and rather 

 celebrated pagoda dedicated to the worship of the 

 Goddess Bowani, (the deity of the Thugs,) is built at 

 the sungum or conflux of the rivers Cauvery and 

 Bowani. 



Chineah and the gang were delighted with the 

 place, and described the Andior and Samungalum 

 jungle as being alive with game of all kinds. 



The next morning we strolled along the banks of 

 the river with our rifles, as Chineah had seen several 

 alligators basking in the sun on a sandbank the day 

 before ; and although we saw plenty of marks of 

 their huge claws imprinted in the sand near the edge 

 of the water, none were to be seen. 



In spite of Dr Johnson's reflections on anglers, I 

 determined to try a piscatorial experiment, so I re- 

 turned to the village, and got the " lobar " (black- 

 smith) to forge two large barbed hooks on the ends 

 of a couple of strong English dog-chains, which I 

 made fast to the storm-ropes of my tent, attaching 

 large logs of very light mangoe-wood as floats. I 

 then got a village " chucklar," (shoemaker,) a Pariah 

 of the lowest caste, to accompany me with a couple 

 of young pigs, and my servant brought a quantity of 

 raw mutton to serve as bait. Having made all my 

 arrangements, I returned to the spot where I had 

 left B and D , couched behind bushes wait- 

 ing for the chance of a shot, and explained my in- 



