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CHAPTER I. 



INTBODUCTOBY. 



The following chapters record some ex- 

 periences of a residence in a wild and 

 beautiful forest region, remote from the 

 more civilized districts of southern In- 

 dia. The writer was charged with the 

 revenue and magisterial administration 

 of that portion of Canara which extends 

 for about fifty miles along the borders 

 of Goa and Belgaum, and found himself 

 isolated from European surroundings, 



