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REMINISCENCES OF SPORT
IN INDIA.
BY
MAJOR-GENERAL E. F. BURTON,
OF THE MADRAS STAFF CORPS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES
BY THE AUTHOR.
LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE,
PALL MALL. S.W.
S 1885.
(All rights reserved.)
PRINTED BY W. H. ALLEN AND CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE.
S.W.
CONTENTS.
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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.
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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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