CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER X. 

 AN EXPLORATION JN THE FAR EAST. 



PAGB 



Commanding Promontory — The Source of the Narbada — 

 Sivite Legends — Fine VieAV — A Long Exploration —The 

 Wild Biitfalo — Its Range and Habits — Criminal Trespass 

 — The Police called in — We slay the Invader — Toughness 

 of the Buffalo — Size of his Horns — A Voyage down the 

 Mahanadi — The Country of the Khonds — More Buffaloes — 

 A Feverish Region — Buffalo Hunting on Horseback — A 

 Vicious Cow — Upset by a Bull — "Tinker" to the Rescue 

 — A Curious Sentinel— Treed by Buffaloes — The Enemy 

 retires — Danger of Buffalo Shooting — A Cumbrous Trophy 

 — March for the Elephant Country — A Decayed City — An 

 Unfortunate Seizure — Retire to Laiifagarh — A Hospitable 

 Chief — The Bygas again — A Primitive Pipe — An Amazing 

 Spectacle — The Elephant God — Life at Laaf;igarh — The 

 Doctor discomfited — Jungle Delicacies — The Thakiir's 

 Yarns — A Tiger shot with an Arrow — An Elephant done 

 to Death — A " Loathly Worm " — Wild Animals on the 

 Hill — An Irksome Prison — Make another Start — A 

 Splendid Game Country — A Herd of Elephants — A Soli- 

 tary Tusker — Almost an Adventure — A Villainous Ter- 

 mination — Explore the Country — Bluimia Trackers — 

 Fate of a Herd of Elephants — A Vast Siii Forest — The 

 Way lost — Beat out a Bhiimia — Habits of the Bhiimias — 

 Aspect of the Country — A Primitive Measure of Distance 

 — Haunts of the Buffaloes — Capture of Wild Elephants — 

 Coal Measures — Prospects of the Country — The Plateau 

 of Amarkantak — A Terrible March — End of the Explora- 

 tion — Effects of Exposure — The Forest Question — Utility 

 of Forests — Prospects of the Forests — Central India as a 

 Field for Sport — Where to go — Outfit — Guns and Rifles — 

 Conclusion ......... 402 



