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proaches to Siroi. — The Cotton Trade. — The 

 Carriers of India. — Their Services to the 

 Country and to our Armies. — Encampment 

 at Neelcoond.— Swimming the Biver. — Ob- 

 stinacy of Cotton Traders. — The Falls of 

 Gairsappa. — Approach through the Forest. — 

 Novel Kind of Piers for Bridges. — Descrip- 

 tion of the Falls. — ^An Adventurous Seat.- — 

 Lines on the Cataracts . jpjs. 107-129. 



CHAPTEB VII. 



Visit to the Haigah Brahmins. — Suicide or Mur- 

 der? — DiflSculties. — The Dug-out. — ^A Man 

 of Action. — The Haigah Village. — Leeches. 

 — My Lodgings. — Arica Gardens and Ter- 

 races. — The Cow-house. — Description of 

 Arica Palm and Mode of Gathering Nnts.^ — 

 The Monkeys.^ — Cardamoms. — Blossom and 

 Manner of Cultivation in some Forests. — 

 Spontaneous Generation . 'p'p. 130-142. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The Nilgherries. — Their General Aspect. — 

 Climate. — Flowers. — Game. — Jbex. — A Buck 

 before Breakfast. — Emerald Moss. — Toda 



