CONTENTS 



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Council round the camp fire Useful information thus acquired 

 A day in camp described Fascination of the life Camping near 

 jungles Noises in the night As music to the sportsman 

 Possibilities of adventure, an example A dinner interrupted 

 Pace to face with a leopard Dangerous curiosity Another 

 camp adventure A shooting camp disturbed Besieged by a 

 wild elephant Its threatening attitude A thrilling moment 

 Suspense relieved A well-considered shot Comical conclusion 

 A Christmas camp Some bears marked down The beat begun A 

 frock-coated sportsman Charged by a bear His headlong flight 

 Coat-tails flying Caught in a creeper A Scotch doctor to the 

 rescue A lucky fluke " Get up, mon, I've shot the bar " Proud 

 of his success His boast ... ... 53 



CHAPTER IX 



A bear adventure Following up the tracks A black object seen An 

 erroneous conclusion Firing too hastily An old woman shot dead 

 Howls from the Press Bloodthirsty suggestions Another bear 

 adventure A short-sighted sportsman " Thinking it was a bear " 

 " What, not dead yet?" The second barrel A revelation and 

 explanation Disturbing the bees Pandemonium Horses stung 

 to death Floods in Khandesh A perilous adventure Saving a 

 woman's life Native gratitude A thankless task A change of 

 headquarters My mosque bungalow Said to be haunted The 

 ghost appears Life at Nundobar Coursing jackals, etc. Cholera 

 epidemic A village devastated Lose my cook Death of the 

 apothecary I turn doctor A successful prescription Administer- 

 ing the mixture My patient recovers A claim for damages A 

 police mutiny averted Drastic measures My orders upheld My 

 first attempt at spearing a panther on horseback An exciting chase 

 The panther crouching Avoids the thrust Seeks refuge amongst 

 the rocks A lucky escape Panther spearing A dangerous but 

 most attractive form of sport Railways and their influence on 

 game Revisiting old hunting grounds Ravages caused by axe and 

 plough The march of civilization Jungle now devoid of game 

 Sic transit gloria mundi 62 



CHAPTER X 



My duties as tiger slayer Panthers included Some description of 

 them Variety of the species Size, weight, and markings What 

 they prey on Climbing powers Their courage and ferocity in 

 attack How they feed on their kills Man-eating leopards The 

 black panther rare The cheetah Panthers difficult to locate 

 Returning to their kills Dangerous to follow up An experiment 

 with buck shot S.S.G. best for close quarters Panther un- 

 expectedly encountered My Shikari attacked and mauled A huge 

 beast Another panther hunt Attacks and mauls beater Its final 

 charge Finished with S.S.G. The uncertainty of sport Killed 

 with a single shot Handsomely marked skins An unusual sight 

 Tiger and panther seen together Abject terror of the latter 

 Slinking off into the jungle A tiger's sovereignty of the jungles 



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