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The Author out for an afternoon stroll on a pad elephant, 



through the tall tiger grass Frontispiece 



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Tracks of bison or gaur ..... 



A memorable May Day's bag in the hot Terai Jungles 



Bringing back a tiger to camp .... 



Returning after the bath ..... 



The line of elephants in straggling open order proceeding to the 



next tiger beat ...... 



The forest launch on the Kornafuli River 



On the upper waters of the Kornafuli River 



Shoo ting -elephants beating through the high grass jungle in 



the Terai Forests in Northern India 

 The beautiful jungle-covered slopes of the Siwalik Hills 

 The Author stalking sambhar in the forests of the Siwaliks 



Northern India ...... 



The golden-backed woodpecker at work in a sal tree search 



ing for insect grubs ...... 



Park-like grass land in the Rhanikhet Jungles, United Prov- 

 inces ........ 



Howdah elephants coming out into a high grass savannah in 



the Terai Jimgles, United Provinces 

 A corner of the sacred city of Hardwar, looking up the Ganges 

 Scenery in the beautiful Dun. The Mussoorie Hills in the 



background ....... 



The Author fishing at Lachiwala in the Dun (from a drawing 



by M. E. Stebbing) 



Dead tiger in the high grass jungle where it fell on being shot 

 Dead leopard in high grass jungle in position after being shot 

 On the Jumna River, where it leaves the Himalaya in the 



Western Siwaliks ....... 



Pad elephant proceeding through dense tree forest in the 



Terai, United Provinces ...... 



The line of elephants crossing a river en route to the tiger 



jungle in the United Provinces Terai .... 

 Howdah elephants lined up for inspection before the start for 



a day's tiger shooting ...... 



Beating elephants in the beautiful dense jungles of the Nepal 



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