xvi DIARY OF A SPORTSMAN NATURALIST 



Sitting up in a machan . . . . . -. . 132 



Shooting from a howdah elephant . . . . .137 



The mighty herd of bison stampeded in all directions . . 138 



The black mass plunged to the ground . . . .149 



A pad elephant ........ 150 



The porcupine with quills out . . . . . .153 



A grey shadow appeared . . . . J . .155 



A jungle cock perched on a fallen tree . . . . .155 



There was an old boar in this party . . . . -157 



A small herd of chital crossed the river-bed . . . .158 



In front of me were the chital stags . . . . .159 



I lay behind a ber bush ....... 162 



Black buck on the qui vive . . . . . . .163 



The marvellous j umping powers of black buck . . .167 



I had a fine bull's eye to fire at . . . . . .168 



A tiger looking out of a patch of tall grass . . . .169 



On a pad elephant in high tiger grass . . . . .170 



A rhinoceros in grass j ungle . . . ... .171 



As we approached the village . . . . . .173 



We climbed the steep slope with heavy loads . . .177 



Howdah elephant kneeling . . . . . .178 



Out in the tiger-grass jungles . . . . . .179 



A spotted deer or chital with young . . . . .184 



A tiger was on the edge of the forest . . . . .187 



The native shikari sits in a machan . . . . .191 



The leopard lay flat on his stomach . . . . .193 



The havildah and the rifles . . . . . . .193 



A small herd of chital were grazing . . . . .194 



The pea-fowl were calling in the forest . .?' . . .195 



The leopard sprang into the air with a roar . . . .199 



The elephant backs a step or two . . . . .228 



Suddenly a tiger looked out of the edge of the grass . . 233 



The tiger charged out of the grass and flung itself at the 



elephant's head . * . . . . . . 235 



The end of the tiger ...,..,, 237 



