CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



SKETCH OF AUTHOR'S HUNTING EXPERIENCES. 



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 I Land in Madras — Appointment in Mysore — My First Tiger — Appointed to Super- 

 intend an Experiment for the Capture of "Wild Elephants in Mysore — Results — 

 Similarly Appointed in Eastern Bengal — Tracts Visited — Capture Eighty-five 

 Elephants — Return to Mysore — Furlough to England — Remarks. . . .1 



CHAPTEE IL 



THE PROVINCE OP MYSORE. 



Description — Climate — Population — Revenue — The Late Maharajah — Character of 

 People — Cultivation — Rivers— Chief Towns — Mysore Breed of Draught-Cattle — 

 Seasons. .......... 5 



CHAPTEE III. 



THE MYSORE JUNGLES. 



Best Seasons for Sport — Movements of Game— Jungle-Fires — Forestry — Natural Classes 

 of Jungle — Distribution of Wild Animals — List of Animals Found in Mysore — 

 Remains of Antiquity — Ruined Villages in the Forests — Ancient Irrigation 

 Works — A Desolated Valley. . . . . . . .9 



