The story begins at during the peak of the "mango season"—the hottest time of the year and a peak period for cholera. Jim Corbett, then working for the railways, encounters a man named Lalajee who has just stepped off a steamer.
The man is , a former merchant from Gaya. He is suffering from cholera , a highly contagious and lethal disease in early 20th-century India. Abandoned and broke, Lalajee has crawled to the banks of the Ganges to spend his final moments. 2. Corbett’s Intervention lalajee by jim corbett text pdf hot