CONTENTS. 



FA.aB 



— Colonies of Bees — Fatal Attack by a Swarm — Their 

 Ferocity — Capture of the Honey— Moonlight Picnics — 

 Crocodiles and Fish— Shooting a Crocodile — Cold Weather 

 Marching — Prosperity of the Country — Description of 

 Hindu Eaces in the Valley — Abundance of Game — Wild- 

 fowl and Snipe — Partridge and Quail Shooting — Adventure 

 with a Snake — The Black Antelope — Methods of Stalk- 

 ing — A Solitary Buck — The Indian Gazelle — Method of 

 Shooting — The Nilgai — The Hunting Leopard — The Wolf 

 — Man-killing AVolves — Destruction of a Pair — " Tinker " 

 and the Wolf — Wild Boars — The People of the Narbada 

 Valley — Gond Labourers — The Mhowa Tree — Coal Mines 

 — Snipe Shooting — Hill Forts — Jungle Clearings — Forest 

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CHAPTER II L • 



THE MAHADEO HILLS. 



The Mahadeo Mountains — Sacred Hills — Ascent to Puchmurree 

 — Aspect of the Forest — Park-like Scenery — A Moist Night 

 — Solitary Snipe — Description of the Plateau — Fine Views 

 — The Denwa Valley — The Andeh Kdh — Legends of the 

 Place — Ancient Remains — The Great Ravine — The S6nb- 

 hadra Gorge — The Great Red Squirrel — A Hill Chief — 

 Caprice of the Hill-men — Their System of Tillage — -De- 

 struction of the Forests — Incursions of Wild Animals 



— Gond Legend — Dense Jungles — Restlessness of the 

 Aborigines — Their Precarious Livelihood — Produce of the 

 Jungles — The Seeding of the Bamboo — Scarcity in the 

 Hills — Banjara Carriers — Project a Forest Lodge — Find 

 Lime — The Indian Bison — His Habits and Range — 

 Growth of his Horns — A Grand Hunt — Kill a Stag 

 Sambar — A Bull shot by the Tluikur — Power of the Bison 



— A Hill Tiger — A Mother's Defence — Description of 



