CONTENTS. xi 



Chief s— News of Gool Budden's Success— March into the Myanee Valley— A Hill 

 Village— Treat Some Patients— A Grand Chasm— Eeach Bhowalkali— Thirty- 

 two Elephants Captured— A Man Killed— A Portion of the Herd Gives Trouble 

 —We are Obliged to Let Them Go— An Elephant Pays Me a Midnight Visit 

 —Attacks my Tent— The Guard Punished— Shoot the Elephant— Complete a 

 Kheddah in Two Days and Capture Thirteen Elephants — Jungle - Products- 

 Commence Return-March to Kungamuttea— Young Elephant Killed by a Tiger 

 — I Shoot the Spoiler — Weight of a Tiger — Shoot a Troublesome Tusker — Lost 

 in the Forest — Chorus of Elephants — A Hill-Dog — His Sagacity and Attachment 

 — Reach Runganiuttea — Sad Mishap — Three Elephants Drowned — Joomas Eating 

 Elephants — March to Dacca — Statement of Casualties. .... 153 



CHAPTER XIV. 



RIFLES AND CAMP-MANAGEMENT. 



General Remarks — Heavy Rifles — Opinions of Six Samuel Baker and the Late Cap- 

 tain James Forsyth upon Rifles — Heavy Game — Light Game — 4 and 8 Bore 

 Rifles— Heavy Charges — Battery for Indian Sport — Express Rifles — Objections 

 to the Express for Heavy Game — Shells — Camp- Arrangements — Malarial Fever — 

 Probably Only Contracted at Night — Precaution against Malaria — Necessity 

 for Sleeping Off the Ground — Camp-Fires — Temperance — Boiled and Distilled 

 Water — Indian Servants. . . . . . . . . 17( 



CHAPTER XV. 



ELEPHANT -SHOOTING. 



Government Prohibition Regarding Elephant-Shooting — The True King of Beasts — 

 Peculiar Excitement of Elephant-Shooting — Danger of the Sport — The Wild 

 Elephant's Mode of Attack — Structure of the Elephant's Head — The Brain — The 

 Best Shots — Guns for Elephant-Shooting — Sir Samuel Baker's Opinion — Shoot- 

 ing Elephants behind the Shoulder — The Former Method of Shooting with 

 "Jinjalls" — The Elephant's Character as an Animal of Sport — Circumstances 

 under which they usually Attack Man — How to Find the Tuskers in a Herd — 

 The Alarm-Signal — Elephants' Rushes — Danger of Shouting at Elephants — A 

 Courageous Female in the Chittagong Hills — Kills a Man — Charges my Riding- 

 Elephant — Floor Her — Another Charging Female in Kakenkote — Single Ele- 

 phants — Their Habits — Elephants Lying Down — Their Skill in Retreating — How 

 to Follow Wounded Elephants — Danger of Shooting Rogue Elephants not Greater 

 than Attacking Herds — Taking out Tusks — Dead Elephants — Native Ideas about 

 their Flesh in Mysore — In Chittagong — Preparing Feet for Footstools. . . 187 



