CONTENTS. 



Shoot a Troublesome Female — A White Calf — Conduct of Herd in Small Enclos- 

 ure — Our Tame Elephants — Amusing Mishap — A Troublesome Tusker — "Jair- 

 am " Vanquishes Him — Capture of a Wild Tusker in the Elephant Lines — Allot- 

 ment of Nine of the New Elephants to His Highness the Maharajah, and Ten to 

 the Madras Commissariat Department — Sale of Twenty-five Elephants — Profit 

 of the Operations to Government — Results to Myself. .... 101 



CHAPTER XL 



THE BENGAL ELEPHANT-CATCHING ESTABLISHMENT. 



Journey to Dacca — The Ganges — A Tiger on Board a River-Steamer — Appearance of 

 Dacca — Manufactures of Muslin, Silver Jewellery, and Shell Bangles — The Ele- 

 phant Depot or Peelkhdna — System of Elephant-Hunting — A Trip up a Tribu- 

 tary of the Brahmapootra — Camp — Peculiar Absence of Rock in the Gangetic 

 Delta — Unsuccessful Search for Wild Buffaloes — Change my Ground — A Long 

 Hunt and an Unsuccessful Finish— Better Luck — Bag Four Buffaloes — Return 

 to Dacca — Despatch Elephants to Chittagong — Kheddah Parties— Arrangements 

 for Supplies whilst Elephant-Hunting in the Forest — Difficulties of the Coun- 

 try — Provision Depot at Rungamuttea — Leave Chittagong for the Jungles — 

 Cholera in Camp — Deserters — Their Punishment. .... 122 



CHAPTER XII. 



AN ELEPHANT-CATCHING EXPEDITION INTO THE HILL-TRACTS 

 OF CHITTAGONG. 



Enter the Hill-Tracts— Endurance of the Men— My Camp Arrangements— Order of 

 March — First Night's Encampment — Precautions against Malaria— Second Day's 

 March — Hillmen — Encampment — Elephants Collecting Fodder — Cookery in the 

 Jungles — Third Day's March — A Difficult Climb — Quicksand — An Elephant Rolls 

 Down a Hillside— Charmed Ducks — A False Alarm— Reach the Chengree River 

 — New Year's Eve — Jungles — Canes — Remarkable Creeper — Novel Fishing — 

 Suddar Ali Surrounds a Herd of Elephants — Kookies — Their Cruelties — March to 

 Jadoogapara — The Stockade— The Drive — Capture Thirty-seven Elephants — A 

 Female Almost Takes Me in Rear. ....... 137 



CHAPTER XIII. 



AN ELEPHANT-CATCHING EXPEDITION INTO THE HILL-TRACTS 



op chittagong — {continued). 



A Ghostly Night Visitor — Securing the Wild Elephants — Radhapeary — A Vicious 

 Female Attacks Me — Dangerous Position — Narrow Escape — Return to Gasban 

 — Meet a Fellow-Countryman — Joonia Etiqi;ette — Liquor — We Dine at a Jooma 



