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tank I found a small piece of really respectable jungle in which I 

 obtained the two specimens of Viverricula, but mammals of any 

 description were difficult to find. 



Lohra. — About 8 miles North of Jagodih, situated among the 

 hills above mentioned. The forest here is better, having a greater 

 proportion of large trees, but these are always more or less isolated. 

 Several of the rich Mica mines existing in this Range, are in the 

 neighbourhood, with the result that the ground is strewn with 

 small glittering particles, which, when driven b}^ a strong wind, cause 

 much discomfort. 



Gajhundi. — On the E. I. Railway and to the East of Lohra. 

 Conditions as in Jagodih and Lohra. 



Singar. — Is about 8 miles N. W. of Gajhundi, in the Gaya 

 District. The village lies in a wide valley, surrounded by lofty 

 granite hills clothed with dense scrub jungle. The Sal here has 

 attained greater girth than any observed in this neighbourhood and, 

 in places, forms quite good forest. Mammals too were more 

 abundant. 



Nimiaghat. — Situated at the eastern extremity of the Chota 

 Nagpur Plateau, in the Hazaribagh District, adjoins the western 

 slopes of Pareshnath Hill. These are clothed with scrub jungle, 

 including much stunted Sal. To the South the ground is flat and 

 divided up into endless paddy-fields, with here and there a low 

 jungle covered hill rising abruptly from the plain. Tanks abound 

 and contained plent}" of water even just before the Monsoon 

 burst. 



Pareshnath Hill. — A mountain of several craggy peaks, rising- 

 solitary from a vast, almost flat plain, and reaching an altitude of 

 4,477 feet above sea level. The view from the summit is very 

 impressive. The highest peak is occupied by a Jain Temple, and 

 numbers of smaller temples are placed on a ridge immediately 

 below, otherwise the mountain is uninhabited. The slopes, except 

 for a few open, grass covered spaces, near the summit, are densely 

 wooded. During the hot weather, surface water is exceeding!}- 

 scarce, but half way down the side I noticed a more abundant 

 supply. 



Ghaibasaa. — The headquarters of the Singbhum District of Bihar 

 and Orissa. 



Sangajata. — Thirty miles West of Chaibassa, in the Santara 

 Forest. It is situated in a spacious valley and surrounded by 

 heavy Sal forest and densely wooded hills, with a dense tangle 

 of underwood and creepers, which makes an excellent cover for all 

 animals. The principal rock of these hills is laterite while the 

 sub-soil is composed of clay schists ; quartz appears on the surface 

 in some quantity. No cultivation is attempted on the hillsides, 

 which are all clad with forest and strewn with stones and 



