CHAPTER XVI. 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



Neilgherry (or Nilgiri) Hills Nunjengode Shoot two alligators 

 Plucky fishermen Nurseepoor Another alligator 

 Woman's ring found in him Adventure at Sacrabyle 

 Tulkaad Sand drifts More muggers Small game 

 Shooting clothing Babool dye Sambur skin boots 

 Stalking shoes Leggings Spears Boots Nails and tent 

 pegs Arsenical soap Pegging out skins Golden rule 

 Rifles Shells for Detonating mixture Malaria Drink- 

 ing water Camp precautions Smoking Unhealthy 

 seasons in jungles Malarious spots Quinine Difficulty 

 in obtaining tiger shooting Good bags Expenses Soda- 

 water Liquors Shooting grounds Monsoon precautions 

 Tents Black powder Nitro powder Conclusion. 



FEVER- STRICKEN Tippicado, which is on the eastern con- 

 fines of tbe great Wynaad forest, lies nearly midway 

 between Mysore and Ootacamund, and is ten miles distant 

 from the base of the Neilgherry Hills* at Seegoor. The 

 travellers' bungalow at Bandipore is eight miles north 

 of Tippicado, and is a more suitable spot for the sportsman, 

 the malaria being less deadly than on the banks of the 

 Moyaar. The road from Mysore to Ootacamund seventy- 

 eight miles in length runs nearly due south the whole 

 distance, crossing the Moyaar close to the bungalow at 

 Tippicado. A few miles south of Groondulpett, at a 



* An isolated mountain range about seventy miles south of 

 Mysore city. It is thirty-five miles in length from east to west, 

 and twenty-five in breadth. Ootacamund, its chief station, can 

 also be reached via Metapolliam, on the Madras Railway. 



