Mountain Lions prefer to live in areas of rugged mountains and forests, but will adapt to areas of rolling hills with little cover and the desert. A home range for an adult male lion can be over 100 square miles. Females travel a smaller range of 20 to 60 square miles.
A garrotte is a weapon, usually a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to strangle a person. Garrotte is normal British English spelling, with single 'r' as an alternate. Garrote with a single 't' is US English spelling. A Spanish version is garrote vil.
The leader of a Thugee gang was known as a jemadar. The garrote is often depicted as a weapon of the Thuggee. It is sometimes described as a rumÄl (head covering or kerchief), translated as yellow scarf; yellow, in this case, may refer to a natural cream or khaki colour rather than bright yellow.