kahs. Before them, and on their right hand, was a beautiful country, abounding with corn-fields, topes of trees, thatched cottages with their little bamboo porches, plantain and palm-trees; beyond which the Rajamahal hills were seen, some bare to their summits, and others covered with jungle,[1] which even now affords a shelter to tigers, rhinoceroses and wild hogs.
Henry sat silent a long time.
- ↑ Uncultivated waste land, overrun with brushwood or weeds.
