MUPFUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY

WillieloT!!E INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION

REMINISCENCES OF SPORT

IN INDIA.

BY

MAJOR-GENERAL E. F. BURTON,

OF THE MADRAS STAFF CORPS.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES

BY THE AUTHOR,

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

Cadets' Quarters.--Some Indian Birds.-Vellore.-Hill Fort

and Tippoo's Regiment.--Sepoy Mutiny of 1807.-Crocodiles

in Fort Ditch.--Indian Fish.-Flying Foxes.-Subalterns'

Monkeys.-Snake Charmers.-Native Festivals.-Reorgani.

zation of Native Army.-Holee Festival.—Shooting Ex-

cursion.—Parawat Jungle.-Farewell to Vellore.—March to

Samulcottah.-Duck-shooting.--Amphisbæna.-A Venomous

Serpent.- Arrival at Samulcottah.

CHAPTER II.

Subalterns' Pets again. Tame Python.-Country round Samul-

cottah.-Large and Small Game.-Beemarum Tank.-Lucky

Shot at an Antelope.-Shot by a Comrade.-A wooden

Cobra.-Accident on Parade.-Treasure Party.-Treasure

Escort Stories.-A Bag of Snipe.-Doctor of the Old

School.-A new Arrival and his Equipage.—Bull-spearing

and Pig-baiting.-More Tricks on Monkeys.-Juggapett and

its Rajah.-Wild Hog.-Comet.-Native Prophecy of Fall

of "John Company.”—March to Nursapatam.-Small Game.

-Traps for Hyænas.-March to Chicacole

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