GLOSSARY 
Bagh, Grove or garden planted with trees. 
Chapatti. A thin, flat cake made of unleavened bread, and 
commonly eaten by the natives of Northern India. 
Chaprassi. Lit. a badge-man. A servant who runs messages. 
Chik. A number of thin pieces of bamboo strung together 
to form a curtain. C/zks are usually hung in front of doors 
and windows in India with the object of keeping out 
insects, but not air. 
Chota haziri. Early morning tea. 
Dék. Post. 
Dék bungalow. Government rest-house. Sometimes a cook 
is attached to the dak bungalow, and he caters for visitors 
if they wish. 
Dhobi. A washerman. 
Dirzie. A tailor. 
Durga Puja. A religious festival observed by the Hindus 
of Bengal. 
Jhil. A lake, broad tank, or any natural depression which 
is filled with rain-water at certain seasons. 
Kuch ne. Lit. “nothing.” A term applied by native beaters 
to all non-game birds seen when one is out shooting. 
Kunkur. Lumps of limestone with which roads are metalled 
in Northern India. 
Machan. A platform erected in a tree, upon which the sports- 
man sits while waiting for his quarry. 
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