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beer, will take the place of stronger drinks in camp, spirits 

 becoming distasteful after one has been exposed to the sun, 

 but some brandy and champagne should always be avail- 

 able in case of need. 



A grand field for sport exists in that vast expanse of 

 mountain and forest, stretching over one hundred miles in 

 a south-westerly direction, from Denkanicotta (forty miles 

 south-east of Bangalore), to Danaikencotta, which is 

 situated in the valley of the Moyaar, twenty miles west of 

 the junction of that river with the Bowani. This tract 

 extends from Collegal on the north, nearly to Erode, a 

 distance of sixty miles in a southerly direction, and 

 comprises the valleys of the Moyaar, the Bowani, and the 

 Cauvery, with their tributaries, together with several hill 

 ranges, chief of which are the Billiga Eungums,* and the 

 Hona Mattys, the former consisting of three parallel 

 ranges, which run nearly north and south, from the Cauvery 

 to within twenty miles of the Neilgherries, the Hassanoor 

 Ghaut being close to their southern extremity, and which 

 are thirty miles in length by ten in breadth. The western 

 range of these hills is in Mysore, the two others being in the 

 Coimbatore district, British territory. The Hona Mattys 

 are close to the Billiga Eungums, and consist of two 

 ridges, each thirty-five miles in length, and ten in breadth ; 

 they are uninhabited, and almost unknown to any shikari. 

 At their south-eastern extremity lies Guddysal a good 

 camping ground. These magnificent forests contain every 

 kind of Southern Indian game except ibex and buffalo. 

 All this area is bounded on the south by the Bowani, 

 which receives the waters of the Moyaar formed by 

 the northern watershed of the Neilgherries at Sattimun- 

 galum, and thence flows eastwards, until it joins the 

 * White rock mountains. 



