The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-05-27

man freight. a draft just out from
England. The men were packed
X sArdines, but despite the dis-
Laughing and taking ii ali in a days
work.
The band OF another regiment
met them and niarcneo thtH
through ntonu,c to barracks
about a mile from the station "a
epOt).
AS | was not expected. I followed
In a tonga tthe local hack an oh-
comfortable two wheeled conveyance
in which you sit with with your oacx
10 the driver, under a sort Of cape
cart hood. The tongas are generally
drawu by a ~Cad-tepcred, M-treated
pony. One can get tongas drawn by
uott:n9 LulIocks. 1 find, in some sta
lions and they arc much faster and
~cieasenter 20 drive behind than these
hackiTss. kicking country oredS-
drove to the MOTEL. the only, one
Ia the place a rambling, One-storied
bungalow. covered With bc~ursansiiiia
and jasmine Tie outside ra5 the
best part 81 Il, I soon fund when 1
settled .ato 4 suT OF big bare roc ,oa.
/ cent my card to a friend, NGo &As
In the naive ca.alrS, hofiaG that he
vas away ON leave. Hithir &n htuy
no was at tic h.t&l with hls tit.g Ard
a NATIVE orderly AVID l Vac renewed
tsY ard baggage up t. h& BIZ, aun-
SzseV nAgt - rhJ c1YarTy 1Is>sxs
His .iys aas G...<lgl;ag to L.1 and
did SCI 20 ~ 81 tut aat A beaDs
sudseriy +.G-I NIX. a perfectly
stluts: @e2-i-S,
( ..t&y@i a.t,t li.ss:l = wees before
scf45 - - 1>&sc:t TO TIC 6sAie eUtry
~ i4o ) lDsrsy.
J. H.; beoa ~ faobr;?oSe fer a
shoTt tlI1c eSe4j .aaas@.n but re,e r in
The c.ld xs4.fi.sc before, 50 Will put
down. n siight oppression Of them AL.
WiIaa JsDbUkporc Is lake.
Jshrc1pore Is tue greatest garrison
In tne Central provinces and Is much
sought after as a atAticn for many
r~aSoAs--a good climate, very good
shooting Within a few mAes Of can
tonm~nts, ard what appeals to a
great many Ia this country of long
distance, it is easy to get away from,
being about half way between Bonn
bay and Calcutta, 10 hour by mail
train.
The elevation Of ~Jubbu]pore is L.
30S feet above sea loved The district
L. a long narrow plain shut in on all
sides by well wooded highlands tha
break the mopotony OF the plains.
The low foot hills rise very abru pity
and the clear atm osphexe gives them
a hAish they do not really poSsese
The Vondhyan and Satpuri ranges
form part of the great watershed Of
India The Nerbudda river, which is
almost as sacred as the Ganges. flows
near Jubbufpore, and thirteen miles
from the station passes through the
gorge OF the Marble Rocks which
kipling speaks Of in his Jungle Book.
These rocks are cracked and wealth
er-stained and disappointing by day
bat to row up the river by moonlight
beEeen the soft almost translucent
snowy cliffs, is fairyiand, and thu
swarms Of e that are a terror b,
day are SILL
middle Of March and lasts until tn
end OF jun 1t is not 10 trying her
Al it is farther north. as the no
winds are not SO StronE Or continue ut
but the thermometer averages abou
1OS to Ito degrees, which is quite he
enough
The few women who are brav
enough to go through a hot weathe
look limp and washed out at the en-
Of 1t, while the men look At an
bronzed. Thep spend a great deal
their time in the jungle, for game
plentiful then and the best bags {
tiger are obtained in the hot w.athe
The monsoon winds begin in Jur
and the rains early in July and COZ
6nue until the end Of September.
The Rainy Season.
During the rains the wheat feel,
are under water and they look I'D
lakes studded with trees and island
AT this season the whole station tur1
out for paper chases AND Jack
hunts. We chased the jack on hors
back with a spear and if We did n
always get him we had a mile or tv
good gallop before losing him in q
scrub.
The cold weather, from Novemb
20 February. is perfect, rfvalling t.
autumn in the North Carolina mou
AAins. dry cloudless days with a tou
Cf frost at night and in the mornin;
The winters are marred and adden
by h appearance Of bubonic plae,
that every other winter causes gu
great mortality amongst the nat
population The Europeans seld,
get it
The station becomes full OF life a
movement during this time. p
racing and camp life are the gr,
features. The station is quiet O,
when the regiments go out into ca,