CHAPTER II

Topography--Rivers--Floods and rainfall--Climate--Soil--Animal and vegetable life--Birds--Flowers--Forest scenery--Tracks--Bridges--Insect pests--Reptiles--Silence in the forest--Travelling in the bush--Depressing effects of the forest--Lost in the forest--Starvation the crowning horror 17

The Indian homestead--Building--Site and plan of _maloka_--Furniture--Inhabitants of the house--Fire--Daily life--Insect inhabitants--Pets 40