BANDRA 1850'S FOX HUNT

BANDRA WAS AGRICULTURE LAND BUT MANY PLACES WERE FORESTED

SO ENGLISH MEN USED TO GO FOR FOX HUNT WITH PACK THE WILD BEASTS OF BOMBAY.1783. — The Governor and most of the gentlemen of Bombay go annually on a party of pleasure to Salsette" to hunt the wild boar and royal tiger, both of which we found here in great plenty. — Hector Macneill. 1806, December 17th. — Two gentlemen at 7 a.m. riding towards the bungalows of General Macpherson on the Island of Salsette, near the village of Coorla, two tigers came out of the jungle as if ready to spring, crouched, and were observed to betake themselves to the jungles and hills of Powee, fifty yards in front of the horses. And in this connection two persons on November 4th were carried off by two tigers from a native village nearly opposite to Powee, near the high road leading from Sion to Tanna. The natives believe the tigers are human beings, and have gold rings in their ears and noses. One native's body they had sucked all the blood out of it, otherwise not eaten. They took away a herdsman driving his fl^ck. 1819, — There were in all only three deaths recorded in India of Europeans from snake-bites in the years 1817, 1818 and 1819. 1820, December 23rd. — A large lion killed within eight coss from Ahmedabad. 1822, February 9th. — A tiger on Malabar Hill came down, quenched his thirst at Gowalla Tank, and ran off over the hill between the Hermitage and Prospect Lodge. Prints of its feet were distinctly visible this morning. 1828. — At Colaba Ferry a huge shark was observed in proximity to some bathers. 1830, January 13th. — A large hyena is prowling about Malabar Hill on the western side between Mr. Nicol's residence and Vaucluse, " as good sport as a Mazagon tiger." — Bombay Gazette. 1839, June 25th. — Lieutenant Montague, at Colaba, returning from mess, put his foot in a hole, received a slight wound which in twenty-five minutes carried him off. Some jurors thought it was from the bite of a serpent. 1841, September 15 th. — A man bitten by a snake on the Esplanade. 1849. — A finback whale driven on shore at Colaba, 60 feet long, 30 to 40 feet round the thickest part. All along the road from the Fort to Colaba was a perfect fair. . The stench was felt from the town side of the causeway from where it lay at the back of Colaba Church. Jawbone taken away. — Gentleman s Gazette. 1850, Oct. 9th. — A tiger at Bandoop leaped upon the mail- cart and upset it, and the gliarry-wallah was little injured. I saw jackals several times in the gardens of the Colaba Observa- tory in 1844. — Dr. Buist. On tins Mr. Charles Chambers, F.K.S., observes (1893) : " I found a jackal in my bedroom in the Colaba Observatory OF DOGS AS SEEN HERE