CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



An old muzzle - loader Hindu - Koh Himalayan scenery and 

 sport Hunting etiquette Juvenile wild sports Wild sheep 

 and gazelles Start for the mountains Simla Deodar cedar 

 forests Rhododendron trees The snowy range in prospect 

 Mountain roads Crossing a"jula" Mussoorie Dehra Boon 

 An interview with some of its wild denizens Hurdwar 

 The holy fair there, and one of its consequences The Terai 

 Nynee Tal Arrive at Shore, .... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Outpost of Shore The Thakil Himalayan woodcocks Wood- 

 snipe Woodcock carrying its young Chuckor partridges A 

 haunted house What happened in it Hunting superstitions 

 "The rains" Leeches Himalayan black bear A bear- 

 hunt Bear-shooting in the oak-trees A she-bear punishes 

 her cub The sloth-bear Its savage pranks Hungry jackals 

 Bear killed with small-shot A she-bear to the rescue 

 Villagers mauled by bears Result of a practical joke A 

 cunning old Bruin Village beehives Tiger-charms A tiger 

 tale Fables about Bruin Where to hit him, . . .11 



CHAPTER III. 



The mahseer Monster fish taken with the rod The mahseer 

 compared with the salmon Salmonidae never found in India 

 A fishing-river in the Himalayas The Surjoo valley Its 

 wild denizens The jurrow Barking-deer The Goorkha 



