, 1874-05-31
A NIGHT IN THE JUNGLE.

jnpgly hjlla that have long bocn famous for tho
game to bo found lpou them. The Inhabitants
ate q far Aanjaomer race than the people to be
met with On the plains, and the men have
singular practice Of wearing flowers in their hair,
Which gives them somewhat oTeminato ap-
pearauce, not unlike that noticeable in the
natives OF Ceylon. At the time OF our visit
which 'waa many years ago-h semi-lndependent
rniah ruled over the kindly country, aud he was
supportedin in lis authority by two companies Ct our
own native infantry. detached from tho
neighboring military station Of Chicaco1e for
the purpose.
Although buried alive, as it were, in the jun
gle, the English officers OF thia detachment
usually preferred kindly to headquarters at
Chicaco1e, for
THE SHOOTING WAS E1CELLEST,
and at the timo OF which speak tho cost Of liv-
ing there was absurdly cheap. A Whole sheep
could DO purchased for about shilling q fowl
for fourponoa milk, butter, eggs, etc, for the
merest trte so that the officers thus tusticated
could live very well Oh small portion OF their
pay, and lay by tho remainder to purchase steps
in the regment. or to pay off their debts, ac-
oording to thoir fancies. Then the thick jungle
that closely encircloa the place wna full OF game,
both great and small. Que was often awaked in
the morning by the growing Of the Wild Jungle
cocks and tho screams Of tho pea-fowl in
tho immediate vicinity of the station: and wild
hogs would enter the gardens Of the officers ut
night. and commit sad havoc with tho English
Vegetables that wore planted there. Spotted
deer, and the sambur. or lndian elk, were very
numerous upon the jungly hills about the place;
nad = bear could generally lie found within ten
minutes walk OF the station by those who cared
to look for him with beaters. Lastly, there were
tigers aud leoparls in these teoming jungles, but
these animals were not often met with close at
hand-thoy preferred to reside at = Little distance
from the military.
In such q paradise Of sport, 1t might
be supposed that the time would pass
very pleasantly for men fond Of shoot
back to the delights Of life at kindly, and that
was very serious one-tho sportsman stood
more than . fair chance OF contracting
h JUNGLE FEVER.
This terrible Indian disease stalked as g1oonily
and as stealthily through tho hot, steaming jun
giles ns the tiger himself. and few men were 70
fortunate az to escape an acquaintance with the
grim distemper sooner or later, if their sporting
tastes led them constantly into the juugles.
Then the victim to fover would be drenched with
duiuine by the doctor until he was moro than
half dead, and such singlngs in his cars would
arise from the drug Us would remind him of
ehells placed close to the tympanua; but spite Of
every remedy in the pharmacopDia, the diseaBe
W0u1u u6u11lJ u0tu u Il9 RL4ttA1
less be could get change Of cir, and holiday
at the seaside. Pooree. upon the eastern coast
Of India, WAS the usual place to which invslids
from Iiln,dy betook themselves, and very mls-
erable place it wns to become eonvalescent in,
but then it was the seaside. aud that WAS every
thing. Let the render picture to himself great
waste Of glaring yellow sand, diversified only
with long line Of mounds OF tho came arid sub
stance along the sea-shoro and he will have q
fair idea Of Pooree. On one Of these mounds
al hot ,7opf nnatnn nnnhntv 11oE1po nf
architectural erections, on Indian public bunga-
low: and some old rickety heaps Of brick and
mortar in the ncighborhood spoke OF time long
distant, whom the Ererless and the wea1y from
Calcutta used to visit Poorce occasionally
sort OF sanitarium, and batho and play cards
there by turns the lvelonR day. Along the
coass-line northwards, one sees patch OF
green, with lofty pagoda towers rising above the
trses, and this is
THE wonLo-FAMoUs JUaoEnSAur.
at whose shrine pilgrims from sll parts Of
India come to worship in thousands, carry
ing cholera with them rs they go, and spreading
the plague over every road they travel Tha great
car OF juggoTnaut no longer orushes the LIE out
of the devotees; but for one that the car killed
in old tlmos, tho cholera Glars hnnd1ods In our
own, and one shudlers nt the night OF place so
full OF wretched memories. 1udeed, doubt ii
moro melancholy spot is to be found upon the
globe's surface than this same Pooreo- As it the
land was not lugnbrlous enough, the ocean adds
its weight to tho depressing influences Of tbs
place. and rolls its great waves with such sad and
mouotonous music on tbs shore that cannot
think OF it oven ut this distance Of time without
\ sensation OF disquletude- Tho rlckety Venetian
blinds Of the public bungalow, Which
ratified incessantly day and night with the
strong Eea-breeze; tho roar OF the surf
matte bungalow sepoy, who coula never find
snvtling FOR breakfast or dinner but fowls and
eggs; the chostly houses Of the CalcCttn nsbobs,
deserted and in ruins tho distant sail upon tho
far horlzon--an event IN ones Ifa; the Two OF
three old tattered books that had been LETT with
the sspoy by some sick Sahib that had died: all
come freshly to my recollection, as recall the
few days that spent at Pooroe.
Well, Jack Waldron aud I got rather tired,
after time, OF shooting bears and pea-fowl !;
and, before our months leave Of abEouco from
certain station had expired, proposed to
VISIT JUo6EnNAUr,
the opportunity being 8 good one. Besides
this. I was feeling rsthor unwo1l, and
Which a tie sea-air was prssnmed to be
an excellent remedy; and rs pooree is no
great diHtance-from an Anglo-lnd1an point Of
Tiew-from kindly, VIC settled to go down there
one night in the palauquins re tad brought With
us from the south.
It WAS the Indian cold weather ut this time
aud the air Was sufficiently chilly to make
blanket agreeable at night; 80 Jack aud looked
forward to comfortable sleep as ne got into
our respective palanquins about o'clock IN the
evening, having prepared ourselves for good
+ 4ooze, it must be acknowledged, With sundry
bottles OF pale ale and doch-an-to''rdch in tho
shnpe of some brandy and sods-water at the
1oHpil.ble mess of the detachment above
Gle in Kindly, for it had to be convey
ed long distance in bullock-carts but
tho detachment officers gave us Of their best in
the way OF dinner aud liquor, 30 that We felt in
very good hu1nor when tho bearers took the pal
snquins on their Shoulders a1d set OF for Pooree
with that long sling trot peculiar to them, sing
ing as they went in 40 dulcot strains. Na|dron's
palanqu,n went first aud mine followed. It Was
pitch-dnrk, but the moon was expected to riso
about midnight, and in the meantime wc wcre
provided with two men carrying torches Of burn
ing rags, on which they threw oil from time to
time. 1 lay awake for an hour OF 80. smoking
Trlchinonoly cberoots, and watching the curious
and picturesque effects Of the Light thrown by
the torches on our party and on the jnnglc skirt
ing the road side; but as length fen asleep, to
steamer which was pitching most tremendously.
lust at that moment in the very centre OF the Eay
Of DisoaY. Iras awakod BY achatterinG amongthe
bearers. and looking at my watch, saw that it was
ten minutes past 13. and that tho moon was ris-
ing. We had stopped at public bungalow By
the roadside, aud close to village, IN which
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