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Tree forest and old river bed on the Ramganga in the Terai, 



United Provinces . '' . . . . . . 256 



The luncheon during a tiger shoot in the hot weather in the 



Terai Jungles ........ 264 



Starting out for the first beat after luncheon . . .264 



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Wild elephants feeding on the jungle men's paddy crops . . 6 

 Jungle men sitting in a machan to protect their crops from wild 



animals ......... 7 



A clump of bamboos in the Chota Nagpur jungles ... 9 

 I was brought to a standstill by the vision of the bull facing me 12 

 The furtive ways of the hyena . . . . . .15 



The village headman was already on his way to me . . 20 



The " kill " tied up for a tiger ...... 21 



The tiger appears . . . ; . . . .22 



The dirge-like wail of the jackal . . . . . .23 



Wild dog were plentiful . .... . . . 24 



Rolled up in a blanket on a camp cot ..... 25 



The bear rose up . . . . . . 30 



The leopard inspects the goat from a distance . . .32 

 A dead cow with two crows upon it . . . -35 



Vultures sat about in the trees . .''.-. . .36 

 Two black crows sat and cursed me ..... 38 



The bear stood on his hind legs and went for him ... 48 

 A bison stampeding away . . . . . . .51 



My Khansamah ........ 55 



The khakar or barking deer ...... 56 



Saw the bull viciously charging down on me . . . .61 



Head of a tiger ......... 68 



Two crows sat contemplating the kill . . . . 70 



A couple of vultures perched in a tree ..... 70 



Without a sound a fine tiger stepped out . . . . 71 



The old Rajput Forest Ranger . . . ... 74 



A dead tiger ... . . . . ... .76 



The leopard climbed up towards me . . . . -. . 77 



The leopard went clean through the gateway at a bound . 83 

 A number of big grey lungoor monkeys . . . 89 



A young barking deer ....... 92 



It was the agonized mother . . . . .93 



The bear slinking off up the hill-side ..... 95 



It was the old boar ........ 108 



He was only a pi-dog . . . . . . .no 



I dropped on my knee and fired at the mithan . . .123 

 An old tusker wild elephant marching through the forest . 126 

 Shooting from the back of an elephant . . . . .129 



The elephants undertook the summer migration to the hills . 131 



