CHAPTER III. 



TIGER SHOOTING IN THE DEHRA BOON. 



"Ho for the mountains ! ho away ! 

 For merry men are we ! " 



The Himalayas. — The nature of the forest, and the variety of the 

 game to be found at each elevation. — The great natural re- 

 sources of the district. — Kheeree. — My first rencontre with Dr. 



S . — The programme. — TheDehraDoon. — Glorious scenery. 



— Dehra and my reception. — Fred. G . — The preparation. — 



Our armament. — The start. — Kalunga. — Than. — News of game. 

 — "We strike the trail of a tiger. — My shekarries' superiority in 

 tracking. — The spoiler disturbed at his dinner. — Our proceed- 

 ings. — The kakur, or barking-deer, — The Doctor's doings. — A 

 wounded tiger's trail followed up. — Unexpected rencontre. — 

 The issue. — The spoilers spoiled. — Forest harmony. — The re- 

 turn to Than. 



To the north of Hindostan, between Kashmere 

 and Cahar, stretching from the Indus on the north- 

 west, to the Brahmaputra on the south-east, and 

 dividing the plains of India from the steppes of 

 Thibet and Tartary, is the mighty Himalaya, called 

 by the Tartars " The Country of Snow " (Heema- 



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