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of horns Tracks of barasingha The midday siesta Bark- 

 ing of trees by stags The silent forest pool A glorious stag 

 Chitul Beauty of the stag Habits Size of horns Chitul 

 tracks Wariness of the old stag A herd leaving forest to 

 graze Patient wait for the stag Curiosity of does The stag 

 appears Darkness approaches The stag grows curious 

 Death of the stag Page 30 



CHAPTER IV 



Sambhar Habits Does Appearance Tracks of sambhar 

 Size of horns Mother and youngster The mother's alarm 

 The youngster's behaviour The youngster takes a toss 

 The sambhar stag Wanness of How to find the stags 

 Disappearance of large stags from plains' forest Poaching 

 Tracking the old stags in the hills Difficult country 

 The big stag An unexpected rencontre A cold wait 

 Drawn blank A long tramp See a stag Fall of the stag 

 A difficult descent Find the stag Curious horns The 

 native shikari's two kinds of sambhar .... .54 



CHAPTER V 



The hog^Jdeer Appearance and horns Habits How to shoot 

 Shooting off the elephant in grass jungle Difficult shots 

 Stalking Tracks Barking deer or kakar An annoying 

 little animal Appearance Curious horns Tracks Habits 

 Easy to stalk and kill Young ones Indian mouse deer 

 A tiny deer Habits Has no trophy . . . -75 



CHAPTER VI 



Some difficulties in stalking Importance of knowledge of habits 

 of animals met with Stalking black buck A fox intervenes 

 I miss the buck Monkeys Run into a family party 

 Stalk a stag chitul The monkeys give the alarm Lose the 

 stag The monkeys' panchayit . . . . . .85 



PART II. HORNS 



CHAPTER I 



Bison The gaur and mithan Habits First experiences The 

 bison country Appearance of tracks A tropical storm 

 How I saw my first bull bison I wound a bison Back to 

 camp in the dark The bison country again An early start- 

 Face to face with a bull elephant Run down the bull bison 

 Fail to bag him Find a herd My first bison A long trek 101 



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