FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Author out for an afternoon stroll on a pad elephant, 



through the tall tiger grass ..... Frontispiece 



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Tracks of bison or gaur ....... 4 



A memorable May Day's bag in the hot Terai Jungles . . 20 

 Bringing back a tiger to camp ...... 74 



Returning after the bath ....... 88 



The line of elephants in straggling open order proceeding to the 



next tiger beat ........ 88 



The forest launch on the Kornafuli River . . . .102 



On the upper waters of the Kornafuli River . . .102 



Shooting-elephants beating through the high grass jungle in 



the Terai Forests in Northern India . . . .128 

 The beautiful jungle-covered slopes of the Siwalik Hills - .154 

 The Author stalking sambhar in the forests of the Siwaliks, 



Northern India . . . . . . . .154 



The golden-backed woodpecker at work in a sal tree search- 

 ing for insect grubs . . . . . . .156 



Park-like grass land in the Rhanikhet Jungles, United Prov- 

 inces . . . . . . . . .172 



Howdah elephants coming out into a high grass savannah in 



the Terai Jungles, United Provinces . . . .172 

 A corner of the sacred city of Hard war, looking up the Ganges . 178 

 Scenery in the beautiful Dun. The Mussoorie Hills in the 



background . . . . . . . .178 



The Author fishing at Lachiwala in the Dun (from a drawing 



by M. E. Stebbing) ....... 190 



Dead tiger in the high grass jungle where it fell on being shot 204 

 Dead leopard in high grass jungle in position after being shot 208 

 On the Jumna River, where it leaves the Himalaya in the 



Western Siwaliks ....... 220 



Pad elephant proceeding through dense tree forest in the 



Terai, United Provinces . . . . . . 220 



The line of elephants crossing a river en route to the tiger 



jungle in the United Provinces Terai .... 230 

 Howdah elephants lined up for inspection before the start for 



a day's tiger shooting ...... 230 



Beating elephants in the beautiful dense j ungles of the Nepal 



Terai an ideal game sanctuary . . . . .256 



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