CHAPTER III. 



BELIKERI. 

 Before leaving the Balaghaut^ or upper 

 country, I visited HuUial, where Cap- 

 tain Coode was in command of a 

 detachment of the 35th Regiment of 

 Native Infantry, watching the Soopah 

 forests. I then went on to Sirci, where 

 the rest of the Regiment was held in 

 reserve, and sending for my wife and 

 child from Mangalore, returned to 

 Belikeri. 



Our house at Belikeri, situated as I 

 have already said on a promontory 

 between two bays of great natural 



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