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INDEX 



Chota Nagpur, 3 



forest scenery of, 8 



game of, 4, 16 



the jungles of and sport in, 



3-67 



Civet-cat, 105, 179 

 Commissioner's commissariat goes 



astray, 114 

 Communications, construction of 



and effect on game, 78, 128 

 Coppersmith, the, 156 

 Cormorants, 100 

 Cotton tree, 88 

 Crows, 35, 38, 70, 201 

 Cuon rutilans, 16 

 Curlew, 100 



Dalbergia Sissoo, 152 

 Date-palm groves, 141 

 Deer, habits of, 213 

 Dog, wild, 1 6, 24, 53, 179, 218 



and distribution of game, 218 



effect of on wild game, 24 



Duck, snaring of, 254 

 Dun forests, the, 185 



Egret, protection of, 255 

 Elephant, 4, 79,99,129, 130,139,141 



feeding of, 227 

 pitfalls, 242 

 Elephants, a herd of, 144 



shooting of, 141 

 Encounters between big game 



animals, 214 



Eucalyptus plantations, 139 

 Eugenia scrub, 27 



Fauna, an interesting, 116 

 'economic value of, 282 



permanent sanctuary for, 288 



study of the game, 5 1 



Fauna of Bengal Duars and Assam, 



127 

 South Lushai Hills and Hill 



Tracts, 1 1 6 



Faunistic survey, a, 1 1 7 

 Felts pardus, 1 6 

 Felis tigris, 16 

 Fires, forest, 92 



jhumers and forest, 112 

 Fishing Club, the Dehra Dun, 



189 



Fishing trip, an unsuccessful, 117 

 Flies, eye, 204 



horse-, 130, 224 

 Fly-catchers, 156 



" Flying-fox," netting of, 251 

 Forests of Chittagong Hill Tracts, 

 119, 121 



Forests, the voices of the Indian, 



213 

 Forts, old Central Provinces, 80, 



81 ' 



Foxes, 179 

 Furlough, back to the jungle from, 



178 



Game, abundance of in Chota 

 Nagpur, 52 



Act and Rules, inadequacy of 

 in past, 241 



distribution of, 5 3 



distribution of at different sea- 

 sons, 216 



in the Central Provinces, 8 1 



in the Central Provinces in 

 olden days, 78 



in the United Provinces, 195 



preservation and shooting rules, 

 87. 259, 271 



protection and provision of 

 sanctuaries, 239, 256 



reasons for absence from forests, 

 216 



sanctuary, the, 264 



scarcity of in the Dun, 190 

 Gaur, the, 4, n, 79, 98 

 Gayal, 98 



Gazelle, Indian, 141 

 Gennaeus Horsfieldi, 102 



Haiderabad floods of 1908, 140 



" Hal-lal," 161 



Hare, trapping of, 247 



Havildah's story, the, 1 70 



Himalayan foothills, 151 



Hogdeer, 179, 183 



Hounds and old boar in a shola, 1 39 



Hyena, 16, 23, 53, 105, 179, 202 



Hy&na striata, 16 



Ibex of Madras, 141 



Insect depredations and effect on 



game distribution, 219 

 Insect life in the grass jungles, 180 



life in the jungles, 219 



Jackal, 16, 23, 155, 179, 202, 250 



Jhuming, 103, 112 



Jungle-carp, 88 



Jungle-fowl, 105, 115, 155, 179, 183 



Jungle lore, 200-226 



Jungles of Assam, 129 



of Chota Nagpur, 3 



of Eastern Bengal, 97 



of Kanara, 141, 142 



of Malabar, 141, 142 



of Mysore, 141 



