INDEX 



Apiakies, 177, 178. 

 Ayahs, 24, 82, 83, 85, 86, 128 ; travel- 

 ling chair for, 17. 



Babies, pigmy, 104 ; on canal banks, 

 108, 109. 



Bamboos, seeding year of , 97 ; bamboo- 

 stone, 98 ; permits for, 173 ; various 

 uses of, 168, 212, 262. 



Basket-makers, 99 ; trick, 290. 



Bearers, 18, 21 ; chant, 20. 



Bears, 25, 85, 86, 87. 



Beaters, 193, 195. 



Bees, cliff, 175 ; collection of honey, 

 175,177; domesticated, 177, 178; 

 immunity from sting, 175, 178. 



Bison, as sport, 233, 278 ; duel be- 

 tween tiger and, 264-7 ; tiger's 

 tactics with, 268 ; height of bull, 

 268 ; chased and tossed by, 276, 

 277, 278 ; setting up trophies, 279 ; 

 calves, 283. 



Blacksmith-jeweller, 160. 



Blow-pipes, 97. 



Boar, wild, 95, 155 ; and tiger con- 

 trasted, 235 ; encounter with, 237. 



Bombax indica, 179. 



Botha, 21, 281. 



Brahmagiris, 34, 185. 



Brahmins, 6, 240, 253. 



Bridges, broken ; a premonition, 121; 

 124. 



Bullocks, travelling pace of, 18 ; 

 driver's methods, 18 ; steadiness 

 of, 256. 



Burden-bearer, a, 20. 



Butler, 8, 114, 115. 



Butterflies, 204. 



Caladiums, 190. 



Calicut, a seaport, 4, 75 ; veneration 

 of cobras, 69, 71 ; tank, 72 ; an- 

 tiquity of, and residence of the 

 Zamorin, 74, 75 ; inhabitants, 75. 



'Camp, Our,' 23, 36, 41, 42, 48, 49, 

 99, 260, 270-3 ; life, 1, 203 ; 

 stores, 24, 120, 126. 



Capecotes, church at, 71. 



Car of Juggernaut, 214. 



Cardamoms, 15. 



Caste, 5, 18, 173, 194, 218, 280, 281, 



282, 296. 

 Castor-oil, 177, 188 ; leaves, 188. 

 Catamarans, 174. 

 Caterpillars, 51, 52, 185-91. 

 Cherapoonji, rainfall at, 147. 

 Cheroots, ' trichies,' 156. 

 Chinniah, tattooing of, 117, 118, 119. 

 Cholera, 3, 142. 

 Chowry, 113, 114, 115. 

 Churmers, 18, 19, 280. 

 Cinchona, 98. 

 Coast, West, diseases of, 146, 171 ; 



scenery of, 171. 

 Cobras, 61-71. 

 Cocoons, 186, 1S7, 191. 

 Coimbatore, 15, 53, 145, 146, 180, 



260, 273. 

 Confession, extortion of, 79, 111, 112. 

 Coorg, 253. 

 Coppersmith, 163. 

 Crocodiles, 39, 96, 107. 

 Crows, 78, 147- 



Dacoits, 17. 



Deformities and monstrosities, 229, 



231. 

 Dogs,' 151, 168, 169, 181, 183, 234, 



236, 260, 279. 

 Dhoby, 128-31. 

 Dhurries, 24, 262. 

 Dor ay, 21, etc. 

 Dursani, 21, etc. 

 Durzai, 12. 



Elephants, Government, 27 ; native 

 methods and reforms, 28 ; intelli- 

 gence of, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35 ; Rama, 

 29, 31, 32; 'Must,' 33; herd of 

 wild, 39; a ' rogue,' 23, 40-43 ; a 

 pet, 284. 



Elephantiasis, 143 ; supposed cause 

 of, 145. 



Eucalyptus, 155. 



Eurasians, 4, 111, 169, 170, 173. 



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