CHAPTER XV. 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



Description of jungles Annual burning of Result as regards 

 game Hot weather best for tiger shooting Water buffaloes 

 for ties Use of, with wounded tiger Dhers Garas 

 Human victims Maxims for the jungle Cream-coloured 

 tiger Tiger's annual meat bill Precautions when 

 approaching a kill Conduct if charged Tracks of wounded 

 animals Heavy charges of powder Village shikaris 

 Diplomacy necessary Camp Intelligence wallah Food 

 supply in remote spots Evergreen trees Climbing tigers 

 Duty on being posted Tiger's larder Tiger and boar 

 Charges of wounded tiger Gallop after a wolf Wild dogs 

 Native ideas of Hyenas Pythons Adventure with 

 Cobras Hamadryad Bis cobra Tarantula Where to aim 

 Allowances to be made when aiming Measurement of 

 bison horns. 



THE jungles of Southern India may be roughly classified 

 under two headings, viz., tree and scrub jungles the 

 former being sub-divided into primeval or virgin forest, 

 containing large timber trees, such as the teak, rosewood, 

 and blackwood, of the Annamullays and into ordinary 

 tree jungle, consisting of banian, peepul, olibanum (salei) 

 wood apple, mhowa, bastard teak, and trees as a rule not 

 exceeding forty feet in height, such as are found in the 

 majority of low-country wooded districts. Scrub jungles 

 are mainly composed of bushes such as the jamun, 

 caroonda, bair, custard apple, and kino trees, generally not 

 exceeding fifteen feet in height, but dotted here and there 



with trees of nobler growth. The term "jungle " signifies 



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