CONTENTS 



PACK 



INTRODUCTION vii 



PART I 

 SPORT IN THE BIG GAME JUNGLES OF INDIA 



CHAPTER 



I. THE JUNGLES OF CHOTA NAGPUR ... 3 



II. HAPPY DAYS AS AN ASSISTANT .... 15 



III. BEATING FOR BEAR IN CHOTA NAGPUR A STATION 



SHOOT ........ 30 



IV. A HUNTER'S PARADISE ..... 51 

 V. IN THE BERARS MY FIRST TIGER . ' .68 



VI. SHOOTING TRIPS IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES A 



FINE SHIKAR COUNTRY ..... 77 



VII. MORE EXPERIENCES IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES 86 



VIII. FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN EASTERN BENGAL . 97 



IX. WANDERINGS IN THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS . in 



X. THE JUNGLES OF THE BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM 126 



XI. THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHERN INDIA . . . 138 



XII. SPORT IN THE JUNGLES OF NORTHERN INDIA . 150 



XIII. A MORNING'S STALK AFTER BLACK BUCK . . 162 



XIV. THE HAVILDAH'S STORY 169 



XV. BACK IN THE JUNGLES AGAIN . 178 



XVI. AN ADVENTURE WITH A LEOPARD . . . 193 



XVII. JUNGLE LORE ....... 200 



XVIIL; JUNGLE LORE continued ..... 216 



XIX. A REAL TIGER STORY . . .. . . 227 



PART II 



GAME PROTECTION AND THE PROVISION OF SANCTU- 

 ARIES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDIAN FAUNA 



XX. THE INDIAN POACHER AND His WAYS . . 241 

 XXI. GAME SANCTUARIES AND GAME PROTECTION IN 



INDIA 256 



XXII. THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE FAUNA . . 282 

 XXIII. THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDIAN LAND FAUNA 



AS A WHOLE THE PERMANENT SANCTUARY 288 



