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some of the outcast tribes are not permitted to 

 mingle with the superior castes, however poor, and 

 are, therefore, forced to isolate their habitations, 

 and live in communities of their own. 



Well acquainted with the jungles into which their 

 avocations lead them, and with the habits of its 

 denizens, these men become well-trained shikarees. 

 Their knowledge of the haunts of game, and skill 

 in tracking, render them, therefore, useful assistants 

 to the regular professional shikarees employed by 

 officers, many of whom, indeed, have originally sprung 

 from the same class. 



Under some trees near the rude Pariah village, 

 were collected about forty or fifty men. To these 

 were now added the ten or a dozen who had ac- 

 companied the riders. 



Directly the hunters pulled up in front of the 

 group, and dismounting, gave their ponies in charge 

 to the syces, the hum of voices ceased, [and old 

 Eugonauth, with a mien full of the dignity and 

 importance befitting the occasion and his own ex- 

 alted position as head shikaree, approached and 

 made his salaam. This was marked by a self- 

 conscious bearing of satisfaction, which was not lost 

 on two of the experienced men whom he ad- 

 dressed. They had learnt, from the detection of 

 frequent false reports, to distinguish generally be- 



