CHAPTER XI.

The sal forests.--The jungle goddess.--The trees in the jungle. --Appearance of the forests.--Birds.--Varieties of parrots.--A 'beat' in the forest.--The 'shekarry.'--Mehrman Singh and his gun.--The Banturs, a jungle tribe of wood-cutters.--Their habits.--A village feast.--We beat for deer.--Habits of the spotted deer.--Waiting for the game. --Mehrman Singh gets drunk.--Our bag.--Pea-fowl and their habits.--How to shoot them.--Curious custom of the Nepaulese.--How Juggroo was tricked, and his revenge.