Return from Midnapore--Heavy rain--Description of a palanquin 84 _November 8._ Bengal tiger--Mode of hunting the boar--Anecdotes of tigers--Poison of the cobra--Chanderpore--Sea-scorpions--Relief-fund 86 BARRIPORE, _November 28_. Solitude--Power of Europeans over natives--Their social relations--Rapid progress of disease 89 CUTTACK, _December 10_. Elephant-hunting--Juggernat'h festival--Its support by Government--Pilgrims--Mode of expression in the East--A grateful servant--Number and names of servants--Their generally unkind treatment--Gratitude and honesty of natives: instances--Rajah Bheere Singh--His testimony to personal security in the Company's territory--An unexpected meeting 92 _December 25._ Choudwar--Sporting--Hyæna chase--Pariah-dog 99 _January 2, 1844._ Military sportsmen--A false alarm--Moral--Costume regulations of Hindus--Mode of evasion 102 BARRIPORE, _January 5_. Mirage at Pooree 103 GUZZEEPUDDEE, _January 12_. Journey from Balasore--Scenery--A water-race--Encampment--A nocturnal visitor 105 BARRIPORE, _January 16_. Excursion to the Neilghur hills--Change of temperature and scenery--Skeleton of a boa constrictor 109 MIDNAPORE, _February 1_. Excursion to Bhohoneswar and Cundeegurree--Temples--Inscriptions-- Attack of inflammation of the liver 111 _February 15._ Second visit to the Neilghur hills--A beyraghee and his enclosure--Encampment at Bengwharrie--Hunnamun monkeys--Game--Peafowl shooting--Bhohoneswar: its temples--Magnificence of the principal temple--Cundeegurree--Inscriptions--Caves--Devotees--Palace of the ancient Rajahs--Statue: considerations suggested by its costume--Anecdote of an elephant 112 POOREE, _May 26_. A thunderstorm--Peculiarly fearful at Pooree 122 _May 29._