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MARCHING- THROUGH JUNGLE. 
the latter camp, the Sergeant-Major shot some fine duck, “ wild ” by 
order of the Mamlatdar, but “ domestic 33 according to the owner. 
On the 8th we struck a road for the first time, which passed through 
thick jungle and rose gradually throughout the day. The camp was 
at the edge of a tank and we shot cotton teal from our tent doors at 
intervals during the afternoon. Next day we entered the State of 
Bavia and during the three days we were in it were exceedingly well 
looked after; indeed, except in Gwalior, we found all arrangements 
distinctly better in native states than in British territory. Piplod was 
remarkable for a wet afternoon, a regular soaking for everyone, hard¬ 
ly expected so late as the middle of February. 
Five days of the above-mentioned road took us to Dohad, where we 
3rd week, enjoyed our first halt for eleven days. Here we left both roads and 
railways and the succeeding seven marches were particularly rough. 
The country became bleak, rocky and hilly, and many deep nullahs 
were crossed. 
At Para camp several men mistook castor-oil berries for nuts and 
in due course suffered severely. 
Ascent of On the 17th, (after climbing the Tilah Ghaut—where in one place 
the ghauts. a r 0 U g } 1 track rises 300 feet in little more than half a mile ) we landed 
on the Central India plateau on which we remained for the rest of our 
journey. Shaft draught made the ruts, along which we had frequent¬ 
ly to travel, extremely awkward, and poles will certainly be a great 
improvement from this point of view. 
Hard Amjhera was remarkable for the adamantine ground ; wooden pegs 
ground, crumpled, like paper and without the iron peg each subdivision carried, 
the tents could scarcely have been pitched. 
Dhar. On arriving at Dhar we found that the obsolete route book had de¬ 
prived us of three days on a first-class road, but we were able to use 
it into Mhow. Traces of the Mutiny had been seen at Bhopawad, 
two marches back, and the breach in Dhar fort, which the battery had 
assisted to make in '57, is still left. The Maharajah paid us a visit 
and specially requested us to perform sword exercise for him. 
Mhow. Double marches to Mhow along the excellent road gave a clear day 
there and “ 1 33 Battery and the 22nd Field entertained the battery 
royally. 
4th week. We had the greatest difficulty in obtaining transport at Mhow, and 
the cantonment magistrate also failed to provide wood and milk at the 
half-way house; this was the only time we had to go without refresh¬ 
ments during either this or the Eajkot march. His guides also had no 
notion of the route and led us five miles out of our way, viz., 18J miles. 
The ground too, was more than rough in many places and the day par¬ 
ticularly hot. The rear-guard had eighteen hours continuous work. 
Luckily, the next day (the 27th,) was Sunday and a halt, for the 
following march was nearly as stiff, it was 16J miles and lay through 
jungly country over a bad, rough track, and no trotting was possible. 
Hatka Pipla was remarkable for the high temperature of 100° and 
the extraction of a tooth with instruments constructed for amputating 
limbs. Government does not recognize tooth-ache in camp. 
